Quarry Lane School

Welcome from the Quarry Lane Admissions Team!

Quarry Lane School offers rolling admission to the school year-round as long as there is availability in the school.  If you are considering an application for the 2025-2026 school year, please select the "Fall 2025" application under your child's dashboard. Applications for 2026-2027 school year are open, please select "Fall 2026" and schedule time with our admissions team TODAY!

We are very delighted to welcome you to The Quarry Lane School, where we believe that education is a lifelong commitment. Quarry Lane School, is a private, secular day school, that provides an academically rigorous and supportive educational environment for students entering preschool through high school.   

The Pleasanton East Campus located at 3750 Boulder Street offers programs including Preschool, STEM Academy, and Junior Kindergarten through Third Grade.  

The Pleasanton West Campus located at 4444B Black Avenue offers programs including Preschool and STEM Academy.

The Dublin West Campus located at 5600 Scarlett Drive offers programs including Preschool, STEM Academy, and Junior Kindergarten through Third Grade.

The Dublin East Campus located at 6363 Tassajara Road offers programs from Second Grade through High School.

Preschool - Ages 18 months to 5 years old

We believe that a child's first years are critical to their growth and success in life. The Quarry Lane Preschool believes in providing structure for the child and guiding the learning process, while meeting the individual emotional and social needs of each child. Our staff strives to provide love and organization; there is a balance between relaxed social times and organized group activities.

The Quarry Lane School offers quality preschool programs for children ages two to five years at three campuses in Pleasanton and Dublin. Since 1991, our qualified teachers and dedicated staff have provided a safe and loving environment for young children as they begin their journey of lifelong learning.

Lower School - Grades JK-5

Quarry Lane offers a well-rounded, challenging, and inspiring curriculum in our Lower School program, serving students in Junior Kindergarten through fifth grade. We believe that the Lower School years are significant in building a foundation that provides students with the confidence, character and knowledge to help them reach their fullest potential.

We are proud to offer an academically rigorous curriculum with a focus on promoting contextual learning, analytical reasoning and critical thinking skills through hands-on, real world experiences. What sets our Lower School program apart from any other are several key, distinguishing factors:

• Differentiated learning approaches in classrooms and an overall deeper level of learning.
• Academic standards that exceed the national norms by over one grade level.
• An engineering and technology curriculum that begins in Jr. Kindergarten.
• A robust and comprehensive arts program that inspires creativity and a deep appreciation of visual art and music through a wide range of mediums.
• A true focus on real-world, hands-on, experiential learning that fosters important skills such as communication, critical thinking, creativity, and teamwork, while allowing for deeper academic retention.

Our Lower School is dedicated to providing an inspiring, supportive academic experience that allows each student to discover his or her passions, strength and potential.

Middle School - Grades 6-8 

At Quarry Lane, we recognize the distinct significance of a student's middle school years. Middle school is a time of rapid transition, growth and development for students - socially, emotionally and academically. With that in mind, our middle school program is designed to provide the tools and support that students need to grow and thrive as self-confident, independent learners.

The Quarry Lane Middle School offers education for students in grades six, seven and eight. The combination of academic rigor and variety of extracurricular activities encourages students to establish positive values for learning and life. Strong study habits are fostered to build and enhance the skills necessary for our rigorous, college preparatory high school program.

Student life at The Quarry Lane Middle School includes opportunities for growth and development beyond the classroom where students can forge important social connections with each other. 

Upper School - Grades 9-12 

At Quarry Lane, students are immersed in an intellectual and creative community where students engage in a higher level of thinking and take an active role in their education. What sets our high school program apart are several key factors:

• Quarry Lane is proud to offer the prestigious International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, a program renowned for its academic rigor and global perspective. The IB Diploma Programme is lauded as one of the finest college preparatory program a student can take.
• A comprehensive and collaborative college counseling experience truly guides and supports our students through the college application process and enables our students to achieve their college dreams.
• Our cutting-edge resources, college-level work and learning opportunities are all designed to optimize our student's learning experiences and allow for deeper and meaningful level of learning.
• All of our faculty members are highly qualified, most with advanced degrees and real world experience in their areas of expertise. Our excellent staff to student ratio ensures that each student receives the attention and support that they need to thrive.

At Quarry Lane, we take strides to nurture the intellectual talents and interests of each student, empowering them to reach their fullest potential. The result is an unparalleled high school experience and a deeply meaningful education that lasts.

As an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, we have embraced the IB philosophy and curriculum along with the program standards and practices. This program provides students with the option to participate in an academically rigorous global education.

The Quarry Lane School is accredited by WASC, NCPSA and NIPSA.

The Quarry Lane School is known for academic excellence. Its faculty strives to provide every child with an educational program that establishes high achievement levels. It is designed to stimulate intellectual curiosity, creativity, and physical well being as well as to provide a strong sense of morals, ethics, and positive self-image.

The Quarry Lane School does not discriminate on the basis of religion, color, national or ethnic origin, gender or to all rights and privileges, programs, and activities available to students. It does not discriminate in the administration of educational policies, athletic programs, financial aid programs or any other school-administered program. The school retains the right to dismiss any student if the school, in its sole discretion, determines that the welfare of the child or the school requires such dismissal.