Paragon Collegiate Academy

Paragon Collegiate Academy is a K-8 charter school in Marysville, a small city in the Sacramento Valley where the Feather and Yuba rivers meet and the pace of life is decidedly slower than the Bay Area sprawl to the south. Families drawn to a structured, college-prep-minded environment at the elementary level will find it worth a look, particularly those who want an alternative to the traditional district track. Marysville itself is a working-class, tight-knit community, and while Paragon lands in the middle of the pack statewide, it offers a distinct educational identity that sets it apart from the neighborhood schools around it.