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Masterminds Academy, located in Los Altos (transportation offered for the Bay Area), is an award-winning, neuroscience-driven micro-school built around deeply personalised learning in ultra-small groups of five to six students.
We offer Early Years (Ages 2-6), Primary (Grades 1-5), and Middle (Grades 6-8) School programs.
Our approach nurtures academic excellence alongside whole-child development, with daily enrichment in languages, the arts, movement, and music shaped by cognitive science and a collaboration with the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative.
Applications for Fall 2026 are now open, with a limited number of founding family scholarships available.
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Various Extracurricular Activities at all grade levels
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School Notes
Masterminds Academy is a globally validated micro-school located in
Los Altos, accessible to students across the Bay Area. We serve
pre-school through grade 8 and blend academic excellence with
science-based, real-world learning and whole-child development.
With just 56 students per group, our learners flourish - often
performing more than two years ahead of traditional benchmarks
found at top-rated private schools in the Bay Area.
We guarantee your child will flourish-intellectually, physically,
and socially-through a bespoke, joyful education that delivers
academic excellence, real-world mastery, and lifelong confidence to
thrive in tomorrow's world.
Advancing Education Through Neuroscience- A Research
Collaboration with the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative.
We are proud to announce a research collaboration with
theWharton Neuroscience Initiative at the University of
Pennsylvania-one of the world's leading centers for
neuroscience.This collaboration focuses on advancing the scientific
research that strengthens the foundations of Masterminds'
neuroscience-driven educational model, exploring how the science of
the brain shapes early learning, creativity, and lifelong
success.
- At Masterminds, learning isn't just inspired by science; it's
grounded in it.
