Use my locationShowing schools within 20 miles of ZIP code 95946. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in 95946.
ZIP code 95946
10 scored schools near 95946
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 11 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.
11 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 ZIP code 95946.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near 95946?
8 scored elementary schools are within 20 miles of ZIP code 95946. 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 5.8mi
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
Distance 8.1mi
Union Hill ElementaryCharter
Union Hill Elementary · Grades K–6 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
222850% below the standard
Scope Score 76Solid · 56th percentile
Distance 9.4mi
Forest CharterCharter
Nevada County Office of Education · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
1574% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 29th percentile
Distance 9.6mi
Twin Ridges Home Study CharterCharter
Nevada County Office of Education · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
1677% below the standard
Scope Score 70Needs Support · 21st percentile
Distance 10.4mi
Arete Charter AcademyCharter
Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
242254% below the standard
Scope Score 79Solid · 67th percentile
Distance 10.9mi
Yuba Environmental Science Charter AcademyCharter
Yuba County Office of Education · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
123355% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 28th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in 95946, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
Middle
Which middle schools are near 95946?
7 scored middle schools are within 20 miles of ZIP code 95946. 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
263440% below the standard
Scope Score 81Strong · 76th 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 6.9mi
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
Distance 9.4mi
Forest CharterCharter
Nevada County Office of Education · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
1972% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 30th percentile
Distance 9.6mi
Twin Ridges Home Study CharterCharter
Nevada County Office of Education · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
2371% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 31st percentile
Distance 10.4mi
Arete Charter AcademyCharter
Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
152659% below the standard
Scope Score 76Solid · 57th percentile
Distance 10.9mi
Yuba Environmental Science Charter AcademyCharter
Yuba 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 68Needs Support · 10th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in 95946, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
High school
Which high schools are near 95946?
3 scored high schools are within 20 miles of ZIP code 95946. The closest is Forest Charter, 9.4 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 9.4mi
Forest CharterCharter
Nevada County Office of Education · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
171964% below the standard
Scope Score 70Needs Support · 24th percentile
Distance 9.8mi
Sierra Academy of Expeditionary LearningCharter
Nevada Joint Union High · Grades 9–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
141373% below the standard
Scope Score 70Needs Support · 22nd percentile
Distance 13.4mi
Marysville Charter Academy for the ArtsCharter
Marysville Joint Unified · Grades 7–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
293635% below the standard
Scope Score 82Strong · 79th 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 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.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in 95946, 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 95946?
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
- Ananda Living Wisdom SchoolGrades K–12 · 20 students12.9 mi
- Forest Lake Christian SchoolGrades K–12 · 197 students14.8 mi
- Weimar AcademyGrades 9–12 · 71 students16.4 mi
- Maranatha Christian SchoolGrades 1–10 · 15 students16.6 mi
- Live Oak Waldorf SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 158 students17.3 mi
- Bible Baptist SchoolsGrades K–12 · 55 students18.3 mi
- St. Joseph Catholic SchoolGrades K–8 · 206 students19.8 mi
- Pine Hills Adventist AcademyGrades Pre-K–12 · 133 students19.8 mi
11 private schools are within 20 miles of ZIP code 95946, 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 95946?
Your address decides which school your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your address.
- Nevada County Office of Education5 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Grass Valley Elementary1 public or charter school in the lists above
- Marysville Joint Unified1 public or charter school in the lists above
- Nevada Joint Union High1 public or charter school in the lists above
- Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary1 public or charter school in the lists above
- Union Hill Elementary1 public or charter school in the lists above