frequently asked questions

Necca Academy is a school for students of all backgrounds and is committed to meeting students where they are on their academic journey. We will offer support for students who may be missing credits, have 504/IEP’s, require English language learner support, or alternatively, are ready to be challenged with even more rigorous, honors-level college courses.

Every student will build a customized academic plan based on your areas of strength, opportunity, and interests. 

All students participate in a 4-part assessment to include college placement exams, internal assessments, transcript review, self-assessment and  take a placement test and complete a self-assessment. We’ll ensure you meet all prerequisites and have the background to be successful.

Our goal is for every student at or above grade level after two semesters in our program. We do this by including built-in support time and flexible schedules to allow for remediation work as needed.

We work at your pace! We anticipate many students will feel uncertain about taking college courses – which is why we start you off slowly and with a ton of support.

Incoming Freshmen and Sophomore students will take 1 or 2 college courses and will have the ability to take courses specifically with other Freshmen and Sophomores. 

While our goal is for students to build confidence to take full advantage of our dual enrollment program, we also offer a full catalog of traditional high school courses.

It’s important to us to allow for as much flexibility in scheduling as possible, while also staying connected and supported. In building your student schedule, we will work with you to prioritize how much support you’ll  need in your first year. 

For example, we will offer two in-person and peer-only options for College Success (ALS101) and College Composition I (ENG101). Peer-only means you will be in class with other Necca Academy students. You are highly encouraged to choose one of these two classes, but have the option to select any equivalent course offered through one of our community college partners.

Study Skills and Elevate 101 are required in-person classes. For Study Skills, you have flexibility in what time of day, day of week. 

From there, all other Necca Academy courses are offered virtually with in-person support. 

Nevada charter schools undergo a rigorous application and review process to ensure new schools have credible, evidence based plans, along with a highly qualified team, to serve the community. Comparable programs locally, regionally and nationally consistently outperform their districts.

Ultimately, we gage our success as a school on the success of our students. We choose evidence-based and engaging curriculum, we remove barriers that historically stand in the way of success (e.g. cost, transportation), and we hire the best people. Financially, Necca Academy’s model doesn’t carry the heavy overhead cost associated with traditional schools, meaning we can invest more in the classrooms and more in the students.

Fundamentally, we believe as long as our staff maintains an unwavering belief that you / your student is capable, we will achieve success together. 

We are currently creating an interest list of prospective students. Simply click here to submit your interest and we will keep you updated along the way!

Our goal is to open for the 2026-2027 school year for grades 10th – 12th. 

Beginning 2027-2028, our goal is to accept students of all grade levels.