Use my locationShowing schools within 20 miles of Pioneer. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Pioneer.
Pioneer
21 scored schools near Pioneer
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 1 charter 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.
19 of the 24 public schools here take students by address. 1 is a charter and 4 are magnets or schools of choice.
19 schools take students by address. Your home address decides which one your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your street.
1 charter school. 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.
4 magnets and schools of choice. You apply through the district, not the school.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near Pioneer?
12 scored elementary schools are within 20 miles of Pioneer. The closest is Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts, less than 0.1 miles away.
Distance 0.0mi
Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performing ArtsMagnet
Amador County Unified · Grades K–6 · Check how it admits students.
181963% below the standard
Scope Score 73Developing · 35th percentile
Distance 2.8mi
West Point Elementary
Calaveras Unified · Grades K–6
2667% below the standard
Scope Score 68Needs Support · 9th percentile
Distance 6.0mi
Pine Grove Elementary STEM MagnetMagnet
Amador County Unified · Grades K–6 · Check how it admits students.
1677% below the standard
Scope Score 71Developing · 25th percentile
Distance 12.9mi
Mokelumne Hill Elementary
Calaveras Unified · Grades K–6
1976% below the standard
Scope Score 68Needs Support · 10th percentile
Distance 13.5mi
Jackson Elementary
Amador County Unified · Grades K–6
1579% below the standard
Scope Score 69Needs Support · 12th percentile
Distance 14.4mi
Sutter Creek Elementary
Amador County Unified · Grades K–6
172360% below the standard
Scope Score 75Solid · 52nd percentile
Distance 14.8mi
Pioneer Elementary
Pioneer Union · Grades K–5
2468% below the standard
Scope Score 70Needs Support · 19th percentile
Distance 16.2mi
Hazel Fischer Elementary
Vallecito Union · Grades K–5
182557% below the standard
Scope Score 77Solid · 58th percentile
Distance 16.8mi
Plymouth Elementary
Amador County Unified · Grades K–6
1774% below the standard
Scope Score 71Needs Support · 23rd percentile
Distance 17.9mi
San Andreas Elementary
Calaveras Unified · Grades K–8
1677% below the standard
Scope Score 65Needs Support · 1st percentile
Distance 18.8mi
Mountain OaksCharter
Calaveras County Office of Education · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
2961% below the standard
Scope Score 75Solid · 50th percentile
Distance 20.0mi
Gold Oak Elementary
Gold Oak Union Elementary · Grades K–5
2271% below the standard
Scope Score 67Needs Support · 5th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Pioneer, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
Middle
Which middle schools are near Pioneer?
6 scored middle schools are within 20 miles of Pioneer. The closest is Jackson Junior High, 13.8 miles away.
Distance 13.8mi
Jackson Junior High
Amador County Unified · Grades 6–8
1976% below the standard
Scope Score 69Needs Support · 12th percentile
Distance 14.7mi
Mountain Creek Middle
Pioneer Union · Grades 6–8
142363% below the standard
Scope Score 73Developing · 35th percentile
Distance 18.8mi
Mountain OaksCharter
Calaveras County Office of Education · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
1576% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 34th percentile
Distance 18.9mi
Avery Middle
Vallecito Union · Grades 6–8
223147% below the standard
Scope Score 75Solid · 52nd percentile
Distance 19.1mi
Pleasant Valley Middle
Gold Oak Union Elementary · Grades 6–8
2469% below the standard
Scope Score 71Developing · 26th percentile
Distance 19.2mi
Toyon Middle
Calaveras Unified · Grades 6–8
989% below the standard
Scope Score 60Needs Support · bottom 1%
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Pioneer, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
High school
Which high schools are near Pioneer?
5 scored high schools are within 20 miles of Pioneer. The closest is Argonaut High, 14.4 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 14.4mi
Argonaut High
Amador County Unified · Grades 9–12
132067% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 32nd percentile
Distance 14.4mi
Amador High
Amador County Unified · Grades 9–12
162460% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 34th percentile
Distance 14.7mi
North Star Academy
Amador County Unified · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
1773% below the standard
No score
Distance 17.2mi
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
Distance 17.9mi
Calaveras High
Calaveras Unified · Grades 8–12
2075% below the standard
Scope Score 65Needs Support · 9th percentile
Distance 18.8mi
Mountain OaksCharter
Calaveras County Office of Education · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
191863% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 33rd 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 14.7mi
Independence High (Continuation)
Amador County Unified · Grades 9–12
100% below the standard
Solid · 57th percentileRanked only against California continuation high schools.
Distance 17.9mi
Gold Strike High
Calaveras Unified · Grades 9–12
1981% below the standard
No score
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Pioneer, 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 Pioneer?
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.
- Pioneer MontessoriGrades Pre-K–K · 3 students2.3 mi
- Community Christian SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 116 students7.3 mi
- Bartneck'sGrades 3–7 · 43 students12.6 mi
- Monarch MontessoriGrades Pre-K to transitional year after K · 14 students16.7 mi
4 private schools are within 20 miles of Pioneer, 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 Pioneer?
Your address decides which school your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your address.
- Amador County Unified10 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Calaveras Unified7 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Gold Oak Union Elementary2 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Pioneer Union2 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Vallecito Union2 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Calaveras County Office of Education1 public or charter school in the lists above