Use my locationShowing schools within 20 miles of Chualar. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Chualar.
Chualar
5 scored schools near Chualar
Each school level has its own list. Scores use California’s state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26 elementary and middle; 2024–25 high school.
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The district is known for every school. IB and Public Waldorf are checked against the International Baccalaureate’s directory and the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education’s member list.
These schools take students by address, so the district is the filter that matters.
These come from each charter’s own website. We have read 0 of the 6 charters here. A school we have not read is never counted as a “no”.
We hold no program detail for magnets yet, only how they admit.
These are the nearest schools of every kind. Choose a kind of school to see that kind across the whole 20 miles.
0 schools take students by address. Your home address decides which one your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your street.
6 charter schools. A charter takes students from any address and runs its own lottery; you apply to each one. We have read no coming dates on their sites.
No magnets or schools of choice are within 20 miles of Chualar.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near Chualar?
4 scored elementary schools are within 20 miles of Chualar. The closest is Oasis Charter Public, 12.4 miles away.
Distance 12.4mi
Oasis Charter PublicCharter
Monterey County Office of Education · Grades K–6 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
1086% below the standard
Scope Score 68Needs Support · 9th percentile
Distance 17.5mi
International School of MontereyCharter
Monterey Peninsula Unified · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
1871% below the standard
Scope Score 70Needs Support · 21st percentile
Distance 19.5mi
Bay View AcademyCharter
Monterey County Office of Education · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
161866% below the standard
Scope Score 75Solid · 50th percentile
Distance 19.8mi
Hollister PrepCharter
Hollister · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
242947% below the standard
Scope Score 79Solid · 67th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Chualar, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
Middle
Which middle schools are near Chualar?
4 scored middle schools are within 20 miles of Chualar. The closest is Monterey County Home Charter, 8.8 miles away.
Distance 8.8mi
Monterey County Home CharterCharter
Monterey County Office of Education · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
1777% below the standard
Scope Score 70Needs Support · 22nd percentile
Distance 17.5mi
International School of MontereyCharter
Monterey Peninsula Unified · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
142561% below the standard
Scope Score 75Solid · 50th percentile
Distance 19.5mi
Bay View AcademyCharter
Monterey County Office of Education · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
152362% below the standard
Scope Score 74Developing · 43rd percentile
Distance 19.8mi
Hollister PrepCharter
Hollister · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
223246% below the standard
Scope Score 78Solid · 65th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Chualar, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
High school
Which high schools are near Chualar?
1 scored high school is within 20 miles of Chualar. The closest is Monterey County Home Charter, 8.8 miles away.
These results are from spring 2025, when the state called its top two levels Exceeded and Met. The state now calls the same levels Advanced and Proficient.
Distance 8.8mi
Monterey County Home CharterCharter
Monterey County Office of Education · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
1579% below the standard
Scope Score 67Needs Support · 11th percentile
Continuation and other schools · 1
These schools are listed separately. Some are compared only with California schools of the same kind. Some have no score because students are placed there.
Distance 15.4mi
Learning for Life CharterCharter
Monterey Peninsula Unified · Grades 7–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
1184% below the standard
Strong · 81st percentileRanked only against California alternative high schools.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Chualar, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2024–25. High school Scope Scores use spring 2025 tests. They include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests.
Private schools
Which private schools are near Chualar?
Private schools don’t take California’s state tests, so there is no state testing data for them. We list them and never score them.
- Palma SchoolGrades 6–12 · 457 students10.4 mi
- Notre Dame High SchoolGrades 9–12 · 177 students10.5 mi
- Sacred Heart SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 337 students10.8 mi
- Madonna del Sasso SchoolGrades K–8 · 256 students11.1 mi
- Anthem Christian SchoolGrades K–8 · 174 students11.7 mi
- HomeGrades K–12 · 155 students13.4 mi
- York SchoolGrades 8–12 · 181 students16.0 mi
- St. Dunstan's Episcopal SchoolGrades Pre-K to transitional year after K · 3 students16.4 mi
- Chartwell SchoolGrades 2–12 · 160 students16.5 mi
- Ryan Ranch Childrens Center PreschoolGrades Pre-K–K · 16 students16.6 mi
- Peninsula Adventist SchoolGrades K–8 · 5 students17.5 mi
- All Saints' Episcopal Day SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 204 students17.8 mi
- Monterey Bay Christian SchoolGrades Pre-K–12 · 174 students18.1 mi
- Hollister Montessori SchoolGrades Pre-K to transitional year after K · 5 students19.2 mi
- Santa Catalina SchoolGrades Pre-K–12 · 456 students19.6 mi
- Calvary Christian SchoolGrades K–11 · 101 students19.6 mi
- Spring AcademyGrades 1–12 · 40 students19.8 mi
17 private schools are within 20 miles of Chualar, nearest first. Source: the federal private-school survey and private schools’ filings with the state. Tuition is the lowest and highest yearly price on the school’s own site, where we have read it.
Districts nearby
Which districts run the schools near Chualar?
Your address decides which school your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your address.
- Monterey County Office of Education3 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Monterey Peninsula Unified2 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Hollister1 public or charter school in the lists above