Glenshire Elementary

As a reasonably sized primary school in Truckee, California, Glenshire Elementary hosts 499 students from grades K through 5, operated by Tahoe-Truckee Unified.

Across the 11 schools in Tahoe-Truckee Unified (3,959 students total), Glenshire Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Glenshire Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest looks like 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Nevada County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Glenshire Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Glenshire Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 15% 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 lower than Nevada County's rate of about 43%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Glenshire Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.4%, the actual is 69.5%, a residual of -0.9 points.

In the broader community, census data for Nevada County shows median household income runs about $89,882, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Nevada County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,561 students), Glenshire Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Alder Creek Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Glenshire Elementary. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glenshire Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 50.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glenshire Elementary has decreased 7%, going from 536 students in 2018 to 499 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 86% to 74% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 in 2025.

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