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Sierra Academy of Expeditionary Learning, Nevada City, CA

Charter schoolSierra Academy of Expeditionary Learning is a public high school in Nevada City, part of Sierra Academy of Expeditionary Learning District. It enrolled 191 students in 2024-25, with 13.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
191
Teachers (FTE)
14.0
Students per teacher
13.6
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 13.6. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.6
District13.6
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
505 Main St., Nevada City, CA 95959
Phone
(530)268-2200
District
Sierra Academy of Expeditionary Learning District
County
Nevada County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Distant
NCES school ID
060202112922
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
86
Reduced-price lunch
5
Free or reduced-price lunch
9147.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification
78Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

High schools elsewhere in Nevada City

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.