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If you had an hour of school board time for Bijou Community, what would you bring up?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 392 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE TAHOE UNIFIED·NCES 062064002477
Bijou Community
3501 Spruce Ave., South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 · (530) 543-2337 · El Dorado County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
249 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 107 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 73% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Bijou Community→South Tahoe Middle
Based on grade levels within Lake Tahoe Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.6pp since 2014
Math
26.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.8% | 25.8% | 33.3% | 22.0% |
| Math | 8.6% | 18.3% | 33.9% | 39.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.6% | 26.9% |
| 2023-24 | 47.4% | 23.7% |
| 2022-23 | 39.4% | 24.2% |
| 2021-22 | 34.3% | 19.9% |
| 2018-19 | 32.5% | 25.3% |
| 2017-18 | 38.8% | 25.3% |
| 2016-17 | 35.5% | 27.3% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 24.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bijou Community
Bijou Community's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bijou Community this school | 422 | 59.0% | 35.7% |
| Academy of Technology & Leadership at Saticoy Ventura | 461 | 57.5% | 46.8% |
| Lilac Valley Center | 438 | 56.4% | 33.3% |
| Shirley Rominger Intermediate Winters | 363 | 60.6% | 31.0% |
| Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy Lompoc | 398 | 58.3% | 29.4% |
| Jefferson Elementary Cloverdale | 487 | 57.3% | 28.6% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bijou Community ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In El Dorado County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #2,888 of 5,151 | #19 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #3,550 of 5,172 ▲ 224 | #22 of 25 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #2,493 of 5,172 ▼ 397 | #19 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.6pp | #812 of 5,116 | #2 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #3,394 of 5,915 | #7 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #3,321 of 5,352 | #13 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #2,854 of 5,354 | #14 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.0% | #3,522 of 5,625 | #3 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.9% | #551 of 3,837 | #4 of 19 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
422
-34 (-7%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 539
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 24.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 422 | 18 | 23.4:1 | 59% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 18 | 23.6:1 | 56% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 18 | 23.3:1 | 50% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 19 | 24.0:1 | 63% (289) |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 29 | 20.8:1 | 76% (456) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 27 | 22.5:1 | 71% (429) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | N/A | N/A | 85% (418) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | 29 | 18.2:1 | 82% (435) |
| 1990-91 | 539 | 27 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bijou Community.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (602 to 422); teachers down 38% (29 to 18).
About Bijou Community
Bijou Community is a public elementary school run by Lake Tahoe Unified in South Lake Tahoe, California. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 422 students.
Bijou Community is in Lake Tahoe Unified, a district with 3,527 students across 8 schools.
More than half of enrollment at Bijou Community is Hispanic: 65%. Enrollment also includes 30% White and 4% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 50 points above the 15% share among El Dorado County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 49%.
A staff of 18 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 23.4:1. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 59%. It compares with 32% for public schools in El Dorado County.
Bijou Community earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 36% of California public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Bijou Community is 9.3 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for El Dorado County show that the median household earns about $108,845 a year, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. El Dorado County has 69 public schools with about 34,706 students, including Bijou Community.
Elevated Digital Learning Academy sits about 0.7 miles from Bijou Community. Bijou Community has 7 other public schools within five miles. The school's 35.7% average proficiency ranks 5th among 6 nearby schools.
The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).
The school shrank from 456 students in 2020-21 to 422 in 2024-25.
People who know Bijou Community can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
El Dorado County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
192,662
Census ACS
Median income
$108,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
34,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake Tahoe Unified
- South Tahoe HighHigh · 1,076 students
- South Tahoe MiddleMiddle · 716 students
- Sierra House ElementaryElementary · 418 students
- Tahoe Valley ElementaryElementary · 395 students
- Meyers ElementaryElementary · 334 students
- Elevated Digital Learning AcademyCombined · 116 students
Other schools in South Lake Tahoe
- South Tahoe HighHigh · 1,076 students
- South Tahoe MiddleMiddle · 716 students
- Sierra House ElementaryElementary · 418 students
- Tahoe Valley ElementaryElementary · 395 students
- Meyers ElementaryElementary · 334 students
- Elevated Digital Learning AcademyCombined · 116 students
Nearby schools
- Elevated Digital Learning Academy0.7 mi · 116
- Blue Ridge0.8 mi · 12
- South Tahoe Middle0.9 mi · 716
- Sierra House Elementary2.3 mi · 418
- Tahoe Valley Elementary2.7 mi · 395
- Mt. Tallac High3.6 mi · 50
Frequently asked questions
About Bijou CommunityWhat is the total enrollment at Bijou Community?
Bijou Community enrolls approximately 422 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Bijou Community serve?
Bijou Community serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Bijou Community?
Approximately 23.4:1 students per teacher at Bijou Community.
How diverse is Bijou Community?
Bijou Community reports a student body of 30% White, 65% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Bijou Community?
Bijou Community is overseen by Lake Tahoe Unified in El Dorado County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.