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Nevada County Special Education · Nevada City

Nevada County Special Education: The state doesn't publish enough data to score this school fairly.

Nevada County Special Education is an elementary school in Nevada City. The state doesn't publish enough data to score it fairly — so we won't. Here's what we can show.

No Scope Score available

California doesn't publicly report per-grade test results when fewer than 11 students are tested in a grade — a privacy protection for small schools. With 51 students total, this school likely falls below that threshold in most tested grades. We can't compute a Scope Score without that data.

Worth a school visit

With little published data, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

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Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 7:1, district 20:17:1
Teaching staff13 teachers
Avg. experience9.8 years
Fully credentialed70%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$62,223 – $111,385
Principal salary$0 – $0
Superintendent salary$221,590

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $177,905, CA average $14,815$177,905 · spent at this school
Federal share$1,520 per student

$1,520 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction32%
Instruction support15%
Student services22%
Administration24%
Buildings & maintenance5%
Other1%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$18,834 per pupil
2019$18,638 per pupil
2018$19,170 per pupil
2017$8,133 per pupil
2016$7,527 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

White68.6%
District 59.8% · CA 19.9%
Hispanic19.6%
District 26.5% · CA 56.1%
Other7.8%
District 10.5% · CA 9.0%
Asian3.9%
District 0.7% · CA 10.2%
GenderFemale 21.6%Male 76.5%Non-binary 2.0%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 58.8% (5pp below CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$87K · CA $85K
Median home value$627K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+47% · CA 35%
ZIP population17,683
Median age56 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

At 51 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).

Your other options

Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.


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