Sage Ridge School

Specialties

College preparatory education.

History

Established in 1996.

In 1996, community leaders, parents, and educators came together with a vision to augment the area’s educational opportunities by providing the first college preparatory school serving the Truckee Meadows. Those founders set forth the following goals:

Challenge students through an integrated, core curriculum

Generate excitement for learning

Foster self-​discipline while nourishing self-​confidence

Emphasize and incorporate sound ethical and moral values in all that it does

Encourage a sense of social responsibility

Serve a diverse student population

Provide adequate need-​based financial assistance for qualified applicants

Offer a wide range of extra and co-​curricular activities

Require a high standard of conduct

Prepare students for subsequent academic challenges of the most rigorous nature

The School opened its doors in 1998 to an enrollment of 99 students in Grades 6 – 8. Later, a high school was added and in 2003 Sage Ridge School graduated its first class. The School now offers Grade