Best Special Needs Schools in Mather, California (2026)

Folsom Cordova Community Charter is a free public homeschool for families teaching children from transitional kindergarten through 8th grade, and we are part of the Folsom Cordova Unified School District. Families partner with credentialed educational consultants who help choose curriculum, monitor progress and build individualized learning plans, and we also provide targeted intervention, special education services and GATE. Our Mather campus hosts two-hour workshops on Mondays and all-day workshops on Wednesdays for students and parents. Families borrow free curriculum such as McGraw Hill Wonders, Saxon Math, Singapore Math and All About Reading, along with novels with study packets, science kits and enrichment games from our resource library, or choose alternative and online options. We enroll homeschooling families across Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado, Amador, San Joaquin, Solano, Yolo and Sutter counties.

• Public charter homeschool program (TK-8)
• Independent study homeschool
• Weekly enrichment workshops
• Public school

Foundations Academy is a public special education school operated by the Sacramento County Office of Education. It provides special day class programs for students ages three to 22 with emotional disabilities, moderate to severe cognitive, physical, or medical disabilities, and autism. The school offers specialized services including vision, orientation and mobility, speech and language support, and access to school nurses and psychologists. Classrooms are located on comprehensive campuses throughout the county to support inclusion and interaction with peers. Preschool programs operate in community and district settings. Students are placed through local school districts. The program serves preschool through grade 12 with enrollment reported around 158 to 171 students in recent data.

• Public special education day school
• emotional disabilities
• moderate to severe cognitive disabilities
• physical disabilities