Silver Springs High (Continuation)

As an one-room-style 9-12 campus in Grass Valley, California, Silver Springs High (Continuation) educates 80 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Nevada Joint Union High. Enrollment runs roughly 90% smaller than the state mean of about 838.

Within Nevada Joint Union High, which oversees 5 schools and 2,571 students, Silver Springs High (Continuation) is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Silver Springs High (Continuation) lists that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Silver Springs High (Continuation) tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 98% of students at Silver Springs High (Continuation) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Nevada County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Nevada County) records that the typical household earns roughly $89,882 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nevada County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,561 students), of which Silver Springs High (Continuation) is one.

Grass Valley Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Silver Springs High (Continuation).

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 41%: 136 students in 2018 compared to 80 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 88% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

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