About Rocklin Academy

What is Rocklin Academy?
Rocklin Academy is a public, tuition free, charter school, which was developed by parents and teachers for the Rocklin area. We are sponsored by the Rocklin Unified School District.

Mission Statement
Rocklin Academy is a Core Knowledge, public, charter school that is committed to providing the Rocklin community with an educational choice that embodies high standards and the ongoing use of data to evaluate program and instructional effectiveness, resulting in high quality teaching and learning in a nurturing environment. Working in partnership, teachers and parents inspire each child in reaching his/her full potential.

Vision Statement
It is the goal of Rocklin Academy to:

1. Provide an outstanding education that challenges and motivates each child to reach his/her personal best while becoming a productive and involved citizen.

2. Facilitate a partnership among the school, parents, and students, holding all accountable for each child's academic and behavioral success.

3. Provide a rich and nurturing environment that recognizes each child as an individual.

4. Continuously evaluate curricular and instructional practices through collaborative inquiry-leading to increased student achievement and targeted professional development.

What is a Core Knowledge Education?
A Core Knowledge education is built upon a detailed outline of specific content to be taught in language arts, history, geography, mathematics, science, and the fine arts. As the core of a school's curriculum, it provides a solid, coherent foundation of learning; it is also flexible to meet local needs. This allows all the curriculum expectations of the California Framework to be thoroughly covered at each grade level by Rocklin Academy's teachers. The Core Knowledge curriculum is the result of research into the content and structure of the highest performing elementary school systems around the world.

Why a charter school?
Many parents are seeking high quality educational choices for their children. Parents want more individualized attention for students. They want greater participation in their children's education, and they have high expectations of personal behavior. Many parents feel their children are capable of higher levels of academic accomplishment. Many educators are seeking the opportunity to create schools that do all these things-schools free from bureaucracy. A charter school allows both. Rocklin Academy offers a strong curriculum, outstanding teaching, a commitment to high standards, full partnerships with families, and the development of a student's full potential.

How is a charter school different from other public schools?
Charter schools offer an important innovation in public education. They are performance-based schools that are free from many of the complex regulations that often constrain innovation in traditional programs. In exchange for substantial freedom in governance, programming, staffing and budgeting, the school is held accountable for student achievement.

How well do Rocklin Academy students achieve?
For 2006, students at Rocklin Academy achieved the highest Academic Performance Index (API) score of all schools in Placer County. Rocklin Academy students scored 943, showing an impressive 11-point increase and maintaining Rocklin Academy as the highest scoring school in Rocklin for the last five years. Our students are also among the highest score students statewide.

What grade levels does Rocklin Academy offer?
For the 2006-2007 school year, we offer grades Kindergarten through 6th. The school's total enrollment has grown to 362.

Who are the teachers and what are the projected student-teacher ratios?
Rocklin Academy has excellent teachers. All of our teachers are dedicated to their profession, credentialed, and are fully qualified to teach in California public schools. Our student-teacher ratios for the 2006-2007 school year are as follows:

Grades K and 1: 20:1
Grade 2: 15:1
Grade 3: 15:1
Grades 4, 5, 6: 30:1

Where is the school located?
Rocklin Academy is currently located at 6532 Turnstone Way on the Ruhkala Elementary School campus in Rocklin. Our office hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Who can attend Rocklin Academy?
An enrollment preference is given to residents of the Rocklin Unified School District. If a class is oversubscribed, a lottery process is used and then a waiting list is created and maintained for each grade level. The siblings of currently enrolled students also receive an enrollment preference.

How much parental involvement is required?
Rocklin Academy is committed to a full partnership between the family and school. All parents are expected to participate as partners in the education of their child. Each family is required to contribute 30 hours of volunteer time per school year. There is a wide range of activities that fulfill these requirements, such as helping in the class, yard duty, or teacher-requested tasks in the evening. Many of our families contribute many more than 30 hours annually. Activities are structured so that single parents and families where both parents work outside of the home also have many opportunities to meet their parental volunteer obligations.

How may I enroll my child in this school?
Before submitting your registration packet, we ask that you spend some time thinking about the type of educational program offered by Rocklin Academy. We also ask that you visit the Core Knowledge website, www.coreknowledge.org, to learn more about our curriculum. You can download the registration packet from this website by clicking on "Admission". This packet can be hand delivered or mailed to us at 6532 Turnstone Way, Rocklin, CA 95765. Please call the school office at
(916) 632-6580 for additional details.

Read our Charter Document

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