Student Body Profile

• 424 current enrollment – Preschool through 8th grade
• Average teacher/student ratio:
  • Preschool – 1:9
  • Kindergarten – 1:15
  • 1st through 8th – 1:20
• ACS is a uniform school
• ACS families are from all over Silicon Valley with the majority coming from Almaden Valley, Willow Glen and Los Gatos.
• 100% of families participate in school activities and events
• All 5th – 8th grade students mentor a “Little Buddy” in Preschool through 1st grade
• Approximately 20% of students receive tuition assistance

Faculty Profile

• 14 faculty members hold Masters or PhD degrees
• Average teaching experience is 12 years
• Teacher attrition averages less than 10% over the past decade
• Subject area specialists teach science, technology, art, foreign language, P.E., library science, music, and drama
• 100% of faculty donate to the Annual Giving Campaign

Technology

• One-to-One laptop program at ACS provides each student in grades 6–8 with a Macintosh laptop, which extends learning across the curriculum
• ECE and elementary teachers incorporate iPads in group learning center activities
  
• Students in grades 1–8 access a computer lab
• ACS is a wireless Macintosh campus; faculty use MacBook laptops and digital projectors
• Interactive electronic whiteboards (Promethean ActivBoards) in nine Elementary and Middle School classrooms, science classrooms and computer labs
  

Featured Instructional Programs

• All students in grades 1-5 take active roles in musical theater productions at each grade level throughout year
• Elementary and middle school students receive foreign language instruction (French, Spanish)
• All elementary students have weekly art and music classes, and all students have physical education; these enrichment courses are taught by specialist teachers
• Hands-on, inquiry-based elementary science program featuring an organic garden classroom, Starlab and Robotics
  
• Students in all grades attend supervised field trips and day excursions; children in grades 4-8 participate in overnight excursions including campouts, science camp, a gold mining camp simulation, Catalina camp and a guided visit to Washington, D.C., led by ACS faculty members
• Middle school electives include speech, debate, finance, community service, social justice, advanced drama, studio art and more

Accreditation

Almaden Country School is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). In 2009, the school received WASC's highest accreditation, a six-year term. ACS is a provisional member of the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS).