Private school
School for Independent Learners
Los Altos · 8–12 · 14 students, not counting pre-K (2021-22) · 1 students per teacher (2021-22)
A 8–12 private school in Los Altos. The College Board's 2025–26 course audit lists 23 AP subjects here.
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School fit
What would my child’s experience be like?
- Survey classification
- Nonsectarian (Regular) NCES survey 2021-22
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian NCES survey 2021-22
- Reported school day
- 4.0 hours NCES survey 2021-22 · confirm current hours
Use the dated record as a starting point, then ask the school about the grades your child would attend.
- Which courses and career pathways are running this year, and who can enroll?
- How do counselors help students plan for college, training or work?
What could my child study here?
AP course authorizations
Math & Computer Science 6
- Calculus AB
- Calculus BC
- Computer Science A
- Computer Science Principles
- Precalculus
- Statistics
Sciences 7
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Environmental Science
- Physics 1
- Physics 2
- Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
- Physics C: Mechanics
English 2
- English Language and Composition
- English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science 6
- Comparative Government and Politics
- European History
- Human Geography
- Psychology
- U.S. Government and Politics
- United States History
World Languages & Cultures 2
- French Language and Culture
- Spanish Language and Culture
Which courses will run when my child attends, what prerequisites apply, and how do students get support entering advanced or career pathways?
Do students finish prepared, and where do they go?
A closer look · UC’s own records
University of California
- Applied
- 5
- Admitted
- 4
- Enrolled
- 3
By campus · fall 2022
- UC BerkeleyApplied 5 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
- UC DavisApplied 5 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
- UC Santa CruzApplied 5 · Admitted 4 · Enrolled under 3
Each fall since 2013
- Fall 2022Applied 5 · Admitted 4 · Enrolled 3
- Fall 2020Applied 5 · Admitted 3 · Enrolled under 3
- Fall 2015Applied 7 · Admitted 4 · Enrolled under 3
- Fall 2013Applied 8 · Admitted 5 · Enrolled under 3
Admissions and cost
Could this school work for our family?
- Approach and support
- How would teaching, student support and school expectations work for my child?
- Tuition and financial aid
- What is the total annual cost, including fees, and how does financial aid work?
- Admissions and availability
- Which grades have openings, and what are the application steps and dates?
More questions for admissions
- Which tests do students take, and how do they do?Private schools don’t take California’s state tests. Ask which tests they give and for the school’s overall results.
- How do you teach students at different levels?Ask how they challenge students who are ahead and help students who need more support.
- How many students leave each year, and why?If many families leave, ask what they told the school.
- Where do students go after they finish here?Ask for the list of schools or colleges recent graduates went on to.
- What is the full cost, and what financial aid is there?Ask about every fee on top of tuition, and how aid is decided.
- Who accredits the school?Accreditation means an outside group reviewed the school. Ask which group, and when it last visited.
Location and visiting
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Call (650) 941-4350 to ask about a visit.
Public schools nearby
Public schools carry their own ratings; we don’t rank this private school against them.
- Bullis Charter0.2 mi · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
- Santa Rita Elementary0.5 mi
- Monta Loma Elementary1.1 mi
- Henry M. Gunn High1.0 mi
- Los Altos High1.0 mi
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
The record
From the federal private-school survey
We have no state test results, attendance, discipline, tuition or admissions figures for this school.
Common questions
Why doesn't School for Independent Learners have a Scope Score?
Private schools don't take California's state tests (CAASPP), so there is no state testing data for School for Independent Learners to score. SchoolScope gives private schools no Scope Score, performance band, or rank.
Where do School for Independent Learners's directory facts come from?
The enrollment, grade-span, and student–teacher figures shown here, when present, come from the NCES Private School Universe Survey 2021-22. That survey-period record is not a current enrollment or inspection report.
What AP courses are offered at School for Independent Learners?
School for Independent Learners had own-school AP authorizations for 23 of the 40 subjects in the College Board's 2025–26 AP program: Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Comparative Government and Politics, Computer Science A, Computer Science Principles, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Environmental Science, European History, French Language and Culture, Human Geography, Physics 1, Physics 2, Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, Physics C: Mechanics, Precalculus, Psychology, Spanish Language and Culture, Statistics, U.S. Government and Politics, United States History. The audit does not establish that a section ran that year or how students performed on AP exams.
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Data source: NCES Private School Universe Survey · Explore all schools