- 10911 Wolf Rd.
- Grass Valley, CA 95949
- (530) 268-9990
Charter | Grades K-8 | Nevada County Office of Education
About Sierra Montessori Academy
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Sierra Montessori Academy is located in Grass Valley, CA and is one of 11 schools in Nevada County Office Of Education. It is a charter school that serves 105 students in grades K-8.
Charter schools are public schools, but differ from traditional public schools in that they are independent and are operated by educators, parents, community leaders, educational entrepreneurs, or others. Funding for charter schools is based on designated local or state educational organizations. Those organizations are responsible for monitoring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of education, but permit the schools to operate outside of the traditional public school education system.
Sierra Montessori Academy made AYP in 2009. Under No Child Left Behind, a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of California in terms of student performance and other accountability measures. See Sierra Montessori Academy's test results to learn more about school performance.
A school's Academic Performance Index (API) is a scale that ranges from 200 to 1000 and is calculated from the school's performance in the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program. The state has set 800 as the API target for all schools to meet.
Sierra Montessori Academy had an API growth score of 803 in 2009. California uses the Academic Performance Index (API) to measure annual school performance and year-to-year improvement. Sierra Montessori Academy's 2009 base score was 845, however the school did meet its 2009 school-wide growth target.
In 2008, Sierra Montessori Academy had 21 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The California average is 21 students per full-time equivalent teacher. Learn more about Sierra Montessori Academy's students and teachers.
Sierra Montessori Academy Student Diversity
- Students by Ethnicity (2008)
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White
87 %
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Hispanic
10 %
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Black
2 %
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Multiple or No Response
< 1 %
- Students by Gender (2008)
- Male 56%
- Female 44%
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