Seven Hills Intermediate

Seven Hills Intermediate, an intimate intermediate school in Nevada City, California, one of the schools within Nevada City Elementary, works with 432 students, covering grades 4 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Seven Hills Intermediate sits 34% smaller than that benchmark.

Nevada City Elementary runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 691 students. Seven Hills Intermediate is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Seven Hills Intermediate reports that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Nevada County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Seven Hills Intermediate lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Nevada County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Seven Hills Intermediate performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.4%, the actual is 50.6%, a residual of -8.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Nevada County put the typical household earns roughly $89,882 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Seven Hills Intermediate is one of 46 public schools in Nevada County (combined enrollment of about 13,561 students).

The closest other public school is Nevada County Special Education, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Seven Hills Intermediate ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 41.3%.

Seven Hills Intermediate operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 21%: 356 students in 2018 compared to 432 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Seven Hills Intermediate community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.