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Nevada County Office of Education schools

California’s school directory lists 4 ranked public schools under Nevada County Office of Education. Its 4 public elementary schools run from the 21st to the 51st percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Schools around Nevada County Office of Education

7 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

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Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in Nevada County Office of Education score highest?

Nevada City School of the Arts is highest, at the 51st percentile.

That’s higher than 51 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Nevada County Office of Education

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

  • Nevada City School of the ArtsNevada City · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    51stSolidScope Score 36
  • Yuba River CharterGrass Valley · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    36thDevelopingScope Score 30
  • Forest CharterNevada City · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    29thDevelopingScope Score 27
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Context

The average elementary school in Nevada County Office of Education had 9 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.

1 elementary school not ranked statewide

Middle schools

Which middle schools in Nevada County Office of Education score highest?

Nevada City School of the Arts is highest, at the 76th percentile.

That’s higher than 76 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Nevada County Office of Education

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Show the other 1 middle school
  • Forest CharterNevada City · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    30thDevelopingScope Score 30
Context

The average middle school in Nevada County Office of Education had 9 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.

High schools

Where does the high school we score in Nevada County Office of Education stand?

Forest Charter is at the 24th percentile.

That’s higher than 24 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). It’s the only public high school we score in Nevada County Office of Education.

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

  • Forest CharterNevada City · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    24thNeeds SupportScope Score 47
2 high schools not ranked statewide

Alternative schools and court and community schools enroll students differently from a regular school, so each is compared only with its own kind or not ranked.

The county office

What does Nevada County Office of Education plan to spend on?

The county office plans $510,225 across 3 funded actions in 2026–27.

What the county office plans

$510,225

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 3 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 2% of its $27.5 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the county office reports what it spent in a later plan.

The plan in short

Source: the county office’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 62 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 100% of the money. The plan itself puts 100% of it toward staff.

  • Foster youth tutoring services/case management PreK-12 $248,527
  • Coordination of education services by NCSoS FYSCP staff $151,066
  • Intervention Specialist $110,632
Reading, math and catch-up help

2 of the plan’s 3 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name catch-up help
  • Catch-up help $359,159

Largest of these

  • Foster youth tutoring services/​case management PreK-12$248,527
  • Intervention Specialist$110,632
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth) and what changed
For high-need students

It plans $31,801 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $39,285 and estimates it spent $34,233, $5,052 (13%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

Ask: Why did estimated spending on these services come in $5,052 under the 2025–26 plan, and where does that money go in 2026–27?

What changed

The total is $120,850 (19%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Intervention Specialist, which went from $233,333 to $110,632.

Largest cuts

  • Intervention Specialist−⁠$122,701
  • Coordination of education services by NCSoS FYSCP staff−⁠$8,775

Largest increases

  • Foster youth tutoring services/​case management PreK-12+⁠$10,626

Ask: What did Intervention Specialist pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $122,701 less?

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Foster youth tutoring services/​case management PreK-12 · $248,527
  • Coordination of education services by NCSoS FYSCP staff · $151,066
  • Intervention Specialist · $110,632
The full plan3 goals, 22 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($510,225).

Where does the money go?

78% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G3

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Provide a countywide Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program to ensure educational stability of all foster…$399,59378% of action budgets

“Provide a countywide Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program to ensure educational stability of all foster youth in the county. Additionally, we will provide resources and support necessary to increase educational outcomes, remove barriers to education and promote success for both foster youth and expelled students in Nevada County” p. 10 ↗

2 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $397,742 (+⁠$1,851)

Largest funded actions

  1. Foster youth tutoring services/​case management PreK-12$248,527action 1.2 · p. 26 ↗
  2. Coordination of education services by NCSoS FYSCP staff$151,066action 1.1 · p. 26 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Foster youth tutoring services/​case management PreK-12+⁠$10,626$237,901 → $248,527 · p. 26 ↗
  2. Coordination of education services by NCSoS FYSCP staff−⁠$8,775$159,841 → $151,066 · p. 26 ↗

How the plan measures it · 11 measures · 3 quoted

  • Average time for release of school and health records, including the health and education passport on change of placement p. 11 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-2024 1 day
    Target for year 3
    1 day
  • Percent of eligible foster youth who actively participate in the Independent Living Program (ILP) p. 12 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-24 95 %
    Target for year 3
    100%
  • Percent working with county child welfare agency to minimize changes in school placement p. 13 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-24 100 %
    Target for year 3
    100%

8 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2 · Focus GoalNCSoS will provide attendance support for students with disabilities with the intent to reduce chronic…$00% of action budgets

“NCSoS will provide attendance support for students with disabilities with the intent to reduce chronic absenteeism by.1% over the next three years” p. 16 ↗

No funded actions in this plan · 2025–26 plan: $0 (unchanged)

How the plan measures it · 1 measure

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 16 ↗.

Goal 3 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalNCSOS will work with John Muir Charter School to provide the necessary supports to ensure that all students…$110,63222% of action budgets

“NCSOS will work with John Muir Charter School to provide the necessary supports to ensure that all students have access to the services necessary to be active, healthy, and regular participants in school, and to reduce the number of students suspended by 10% over the next three years” p. 18 ↗

1 funded action · 2025–26 plan: $233,333 (−⁠$122,701)

Largest funded actions

  1. Intervention Specialist$110,632action 3.1 · p. 26 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $31,801 is state funding counted toward those services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Intervention Specialist−⁠$122,701$233,333 → $110,632 · p. 26 ↗

How the plan measures it · 10 measures · 2 quoted

  • Sufficiency of Instructional Materials p. 19 ↗
    Baseline
    100% materials sufficiency across all content areas
    Target for year 3
    100% materials sufficiency across all content areas
  • Suspension Rate for all students and any subgroups p. 20 ↗
    Baseline
    Overall: 50% suspended at least one day …
    Target for year 3
    Overall: 30% suspended at least one day …

8 more measures in the plan’s table.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Who goes to the county office’s schools
Who attends

Student mix

2024–25 · October enrollment count, 3,243 students
1. White: 49%2. Hispanic or Latino: 40%3. Two or more races: 5%4. Not reported: 2%5. Black or African American: 2%6. Asian: <1%7. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%8. Filipino: <1%9. Pacific Islander: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. White49%
  2. Hispanic or Latino40%
  3. Two or more races5%
  4. Not reported2%
  5. Black or African American2%
  6. Asian<1%
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
  8. Filipino<1%
  9. Pacific Islander<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.

Free or reduced-price meals

58%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 1,535 of 2,629 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the county office, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.

The county office’s state records

Is the state giving the county office extra help?

Nevada County Office of Education isn’t getting extra state help in 2026, only the standard support every district gets.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

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Common questions

Which public schools in Nevada County Office of Education rank highest?

Elementary: Nevada City School of the Arts, 51st percentile (Solid). Middle: Nevada City School of the Arts, 76th percentile (Strong). High: Forest Charter, 24th percentile (Needs Support). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

What is in Nevada County Office of Education’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The county office’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $510,225 into 3 funded actions in 3 goals, 2% of its $27.5 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $399,593, 78% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.
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Are the public schools in Nevada County Office of Education good?

Nevada County Office of Education’s 4 public elementary schools run from the 21st to the 51st percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid, 2 Developing and 1 Needs Support. Nevada County Office of Education’s 4 public middle schools run from the 30th to the 76th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 1 Solid and 2 Developing. Nevada County Office of Education has one public high school we score, Forest Charter, at the 24th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Needs Support. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

How does chronic absence in Nevada County Office of Education compare with California?

The average elementary school in Nevada County Office of Education had 9 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. The average middle school in Nevada County Office of Education had 9 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP): spring 2026 for elementary and middle schools, spring 2025 for high schools, and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools the state directory lists under Nevada County Office of Education, with its spending and state accountability records.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 elementary and middle school; 2024–25 high school

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

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