Use my locationShowing schools within 20 miles of Pioneer. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Pioneer.
Pioneer
3 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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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 Pioneer.
4 magnets and schools of choice. You apply through the district, not the school.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near Pioneer?
2 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.
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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 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
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?
1 scored high school is within 20 miles of Pioneer. The closest is North Star Academy, 14.7 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 14.7mi
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
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 Unified3 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Calaveras Unified1 public or charter school in the lists above