Cottage Hill Elementary
Public · Grades K–5 · 485 students
Arete Charter Academy
16229 Duggans Rd., Grass Valley, CA 95949
Grades
K–8
Elementary
Students
207
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
22.6 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary
Nevada County
Schola Grade B · Above average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 5,632 California elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other California elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Arete Charter Academy
Arete Charter Academy is a charter elementary school in Grass Valley, California, serving grades K–8. It is part of Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary. The school is located in a rural area in Nevada County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 207 students were enrolled, with about 22.6 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical California elementary school (21.4 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary. The school is mostly virtual. Its Schola Grade is B (above average), compared with 5,632 California elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 207 students
- Students per teacher
- 22.6 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary
- Magnet school
- No
- Virtual learning
- Mostly virtual
- Locale
- Rural — Distant
- School district
- Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary
- County
- Nevada County
- NCES school ID
- 063093014123
Schools near Arete Charter Academy
All 26 schools in Grass Valley →
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Live Oak Waldorf School
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.