Use my locationShowing schools within 8 miles of Penn Valley. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Penn Valley.
Penn Valley
9 scored schools near Penn Valley
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 4 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.
5 of the 11 public schools here take students by address. 4 are charters and 2 are magnets or schools of choice.
5 schools take students by address. Your home address decides which one your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your street.
4 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.
2 magnets and schools of choice. You apply through the district, not the school.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near Penn Valley?
4 scored elementary schools are within 8 miles of Penn Valley. The closest is Nevada City School of the Arts, 3.7 miles away.
Distance 3.7mi
Nevada City School of the ArtsCharter
Nevada County Office of Education · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
172459% below the standard
Scope Score 75Solid · 51st percentile
Distance 5.6mi
Clear Creek Elementary
Clear Creek Elementary · Grades K–8
233740% below the standard
Scope Score 79Solid · 70th percentile
Distance 5.8mi
Yuba River CharterCharter
Nevada County Office of Education · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
122860% below the standard
Scope Score 73Developing · 36th percentile
Distance 6.9mi
Grass Valley CharterCharter
Grass Valley Elementary · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
222652% below the standard
Scope Score 77Solid · 57th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Penn Valley, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
Middle
Which middle schools are near Penn Valley?
6 scored middle schools are within 8 miles of Penn Valley. The closest is Ready Springs Elementary, 1.5 miles away.
Distance 1.5mi
Ready Springs Elementary
Penn Valley Union Elementary · Grades 4–8
2271% below the standard
Scope Score 69Needs Support · 14th percentile
Distance 3.7mi
Nevada City School of the ArtsCharter
Nevada County Office of Education · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
263440% below the standard
Scope Score 81Strong · 76th percentile
Distance 5.6mi
Clear Creek Elementary
Clear Creek Elementary · Grades K–8
272350% below the standard
Scope Score 80Solid · 74th percentile
Distance 5.8mi
Yuba River CharterCharter
Nevada County Office of Education · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
223642% below the standard
Scope Score 79Solid · 71st percentile
Distance 6.2mi
Lyman Gilmore Middle
Grass Valley Elementary · Grades 5–8
2069% below the standard
Scope Score 71Developing · 27th percentile
Distance 6.9mi
Grass Valley CharterCharter
Grass Valley Elementary · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
182953% below the standard
Scope Score 76Solid · 55th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Penn Valley, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
High school
Which high schools are near Penn Valley?
3 scored high schools are within 8 miles of Penn Valley. The closest is North Point Academy, 7.2 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 7.2mi
North Point Academy
Nevada Joint Union High · Grades 9–12 · Check how it admits students.
182161% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 32nd percentile
Distance 7.4mi
Nevada Union High
Nevada Joint Union High · Grades 9–12
242254% below the standard
Scope Score 75Solid · 50th percentile
Distance 7.6mi
William & Marian Ghidotti High
Nevada Joint Union High · Grades 9–12 · Check how it admits students.
79156% below the standard
Scope Score 97Strong · 98th percentile
Continuation and other schools · 2
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 6.2mi
John Muir CharterCharter
Nevada County Office of Education · Grades 6–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
90% below the standard
Needs Support · 16th percentileRanked only against California alternative high schools.
Distance 6.7mi
Silver Springs High (Continuation)
Nevada Joint Union High · Grades 9–12
1189% below the standard
Needs Support · 5th percentileRanked only against California continuation 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 Penn Valley, 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 Penn Valley?
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.
- Mount St. Mary AcademyGrades K–8 · 185 students6.5 mi
- Echo Ridge Christian SchoolGrades K–8 · 49 students7.6 mi
- Christian Encounter High SchoolGrades 11–12 · 6 students8.0 mi
3 private schools are within 8 miles of Penn Valley, 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 Penn Valley?
Your address decides which school your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your address.
- Nevada Joint Union High4 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Nevada County Office of Education3 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Grass Valley Elementary2 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Clear Creek Elementary1 public or charter school in the lists above
- Penn Valley Union Elementary1 public or charter school in the lists above