Quest Forward High School vs. Sonoma Academy
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School Overview
Top Rankings
Quest Forward High School ranks among the top 20% of private schools in California for:
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Attribute
Advanced Degrees
Sonoma Academy ranks among the top 20% of private schools in California for:
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Attribute
Advanced Degrees
Student Body
Sports offered
Extracurriculars
Overview
Quest Forward High School is dedicated to providing a dynamic and engaging educational experience.
We offer a comprehensive program that emphasizes career exploration, with students exceeding requirements by completing substantial hours in this area.
Our curriculum is designed to foster autonomy and hands-on learning through skills-based instruction, virtual reality simulations, and active projects.
Students benefit from personalized one-on-one tutoring, frequent field trips, and unique opportunities like the Berlin Leadership Conference.
We support college readiness with personalized career coaching and encourage dual enrollment options. Our vibrant community includes monthly parent events and a focus on creating a focused learning environment.
At Quest Forward High School, we pride ourselves on preparing students for success and ensuring they achieve their goals.
We are grounded in a rigorous college preparatory framework, but we go much further.
We are multidisciplinary and cutting-edge, giving students the ability to ask the hard questions, and the tools to answer them.
We are technologically sophisticated, but we recognize the limitations of technology, so we teach critical thinking above all else-because this is the foundation of true learning.
We are deeply humanistic, treating every student with profound respect and care.
And we are a joyful, inclusive, vibrant community-where students actually love to come to school every day.
Grades Offered
9-12
9-12
Blue Ribbon School
No
No
Offers Post-Graduate Year
Yes
n/a
Learning Difference Programs
No
n/a
Year Founded
2017
2001
Students Body
Total Students
100 students
335 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
Students by Grade
Students by Grade
Grade 9 Students
25
80
Grade 10 Students
25
90
Grade 11 Students
25
86
Grade 12 Students
25
79
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
16 teachers
33 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree
90%
85%
Average Class Size
7
16
Number of AP Classes
5
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Teacher : Student Ratio
1:6
1:10
Classroom Dress Code
Casual
Casual
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
Nov. 1 / Jan. 10
Tuition Cost
$17,500
$56,580
Tuition Notes
82% of ours students are given tuition assistance scholarships.
Tuition fees includes daily lunch program, textbooks and materials, intersession, dances and social activities, yearbook, cap and gown, and more!We have a financial aid program that is designed to help families with the cost of tuition and is based on demonstrated financial need. We award nearly $3.5 million in financial aid each year. Awards may range from 5-95% of tuition.
% on Financial Aid
82%
50%
Average Financial Aid Grant
$8,000
$27,000
Acceptance Rate
90%
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Admissions Director
Shianne Buxton
Kim Eber
Admissions Associate
Admissions Team
Luc Martin
Sports
Total Sports Offered
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10
Sports
n/a
Extracurriculars
Total Extra-curric.Total Extracurriculars
n/a
19
Extra-curric.Extracurriculars
n/a
Admission All-Stars, Affinity Groups, Book Club, Chamber Ensemble, Chamber Singers, Chess Club, Debate Team, Fitness, FRC Robotics Team, Jazz Ensemble, Marketing & Communications Internship, QSA-Queer Straight Alliance, Rock Band, Speech Team, Strings Ensemble, Student Leadership Council, Theater Production, Tri-M Music Honors Society, Yearbook