John Muir Charter

As a small senior high in Grass Valley, California, John Muir Charter teaches 629 students from grades 6 through 12, part of John Muir Charter District. Enrollment runs roughly 25% below the state mean of about 838.

John Muir Charter sits inside John Muir Charter District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, John Muir Charter reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 9% White, 9% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Nevada County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, John Muir Charter lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Nevada County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Nevada County shows median household earnings sit near $89,882, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Nevada County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,561 students), of which John Muir Charter is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bell Hill Academy, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-center site. As a public charter, John Muir Charter runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.