Sacramento Waldorf School

3750 Bannister Rd, Fair Oaks, CA, 95628-0956
The Sacramento Waldorf School is a private pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade school that has been educating children in the greater Sacramento area for nearly fifty years. Its mission is to prepare young people to fulfill their highest potential by educating them according to the pedagogical and spiritual principles of Rudolf Steiner. From a gentle beginning in the Kindergarten and Lower School to a rigorous yet cooperative learning environment in the High School, a Sacramento Waldorf School education is a gift that prepares children and young people to embrace life - both its delights and challenges. We nurture our students' unquenchable thirst for knowledge, honor their individuality and passion, and develop within them a sense of community and belonging that is unparalleled in any other educational setting. SWS graduates have gone on to excel in universities such as Stanford, Rhode Island School of Design, UC Berkeley, Brown, Grinnell College, Columbia, US Air Force Academy and NYU and have become physicians, documentary film makers, psychologists, attorneys, designers, choreographers and more. Located on 22 scenic acres overlooking the American River in Fair Oaks, California, our campus provides an idyllic background for all programs, enabling teachers to enrich their classroom studies with access to gardens, a working farm, wooded streams and playing fields. The Sacramento Waldorf School offers developmentally-based education in which the arts permeate the curriculum, and intellectual challenge is infused with human connection and relationship. Come. See what SWS can be for your child, for your family, for your community.

School Overview:

Sacramento Waldorf School
School Type School with Special Program Emphasis
School Membership(s) Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
Religious Affiliation Nonsectarian
Grades Offered Grades Kindergarten - 12
Year Founded 1959
Student Body
Total Students 421 students
Student Body Type Co-ed
% Students of Color 15% (CA School Avg.: 40%)
Students by Grade
 
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers 40 teachers
Student : Teacher Ratio 11:1 (National school avg.: 13:1)
% Faculty w/Advanced Degree 10%
Advanced Courses
Honors foreign language
Average SAT score 1680
Matriculation Data Link to Matriculation Data
Classroom dress code Casual
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline None / Rolling
% on Financial Aid 25%
Average Financial Aid Grant $2,676
Admissions Director Clare Andrews
Sports
Total Sports Offered 5 sports
Sports
Baseball Basketball
Golf Soccer
Track and Field

School Notes:

  • Learning takes place in both the classroom and throughout our 22-acre campus, featuring a five-acre biodynamic working farm and new state-of-the-art Science and Math Complex. Arts and music education are woven throughout the curriculum in all grades. Foreign language instruction begins in First Grade; rigorous high school instruction prepares students for four-year universities.

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Freedom Christian School
Gr. K-12 | 1.4 mi. away
St Mel School
Gr. K-9 | 1.4 mi. away

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