Mt. Tallac High

Mt. Tallac High is a high school of tiny scale in South Lake Tahoe, California, one of the schools within Lake Tahoe Unified, caters to 50 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Mt. Tallac High sits 94% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Lake Tahoe Unified, which oversees 8 schools and 3,527 students, Mt. Tallac High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mt. Tallac High reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%; the rest is composed of 34% White, 4% multiracial, 4% Native American. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Mt. Tallac High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 70% of students at Mt. Tallac High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above El Dorado County's rate of about 32%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for El Dorado County indicate median household income runs about $108,845, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, El Dorado County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,706 students), of which Mt. Tallac High is one.

South Tahoe High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Mt. Tallac High operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Mt. Tallac High's enrollment has decreased 36% since 2018, when it stood at 78 (now 50). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 46% to 58%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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