Elevated Digital Learning Academy

Set in South Lake Tahoe, California, Elevated Digital Learning Academy is a micro-enrollment unified-grade school, overseen by Lake Tahoe Unified. It hosts 116 students across grades K through 12. That puts it 81% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 602 students.

Across the 8 schools in Lake Tahoe Unified (3,527 students total), Elevated Digital Learning Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Elevated Digital Learning Academy records that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

Looking at school resources, Elevated Digital Learning Academy lists 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above El Dorado County's rate of about 32%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for El Dorado County indicate median household income runs about $108,845, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across El Dorado County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,706 students), Elevated Digital Learning Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: South Tahoe Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-based site. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.