Use my locationShowing schools within 20 miles of Murphys. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Murphys.
Murphys
2 scored schools near Murphys
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 0 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.
No charter schools are within 20 miles of Murphys.
2 magnets and schools of choice. You apply through the district, not the school.
High school
Which high schools are near Murphys?
2 scored high schools are within 20 miles of Murphys. The closest is Theodore Bird High, 11.3 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 11.3mi
Theodore Bird High
Sonora Union High · Grades 9–12 · Check how it admits students.
1385% below the standard
Scope Score 63Needs Support · 5th percentile
Distance 13.7mi
Calaveras Unified Alternative-Sierra Hills Education Center
Calaveras Unified · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
1681% below the standard
Scope Score 65Needs Support · 9th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Murphys, 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 Murphys?
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.
- Christian Heritage AcademyGrades 1–12 · 53 students6.4 mi
- Libertas AcademyGrades K–12 · 109 students7.9 mi
- Mother Lode Adventist Jr. AcademyGrades K–10 · 103 students10.9 mi
- Sierra Waldorf SchoolGrades K–8 · 114 students11.6 mi
- Safari Learning AcademyGrades Pre-K–2 · 30 students14.2 mi
- Cornerstone Family Christian SchoolGrades K–12 · 133 students14.6 mi
- Mother Lode Christian SchoolGrades K–8 · 177 students16.6 mi
7 private schools are within 20 miles of Murphys, 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 Murphys?
Your address decides which school your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your address.
- Calaveras Unified1 public or charter school in the lists above
- Sonora Union High1 public or charter school in the lists above