North Tahoe Middle

Set in Tahoe City, California, North Tahoe Middle is an intimate middle school, operated by Tahoe-Truckee Unified. It hosts 301 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 54% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Within Tahoe-Truckee Unified, which oversees 11 schools and 3,959 students, North Tahoe Middle is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, North Tahoe Middle records that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 46% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Placer County (around 33%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, North Tahoe Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Placer County shows median household earnings sit near $115,998, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. North Tahoe Middle is one of 123 public schools in Placer County (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students).

North Tahoe High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Tahoe Middle ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.3%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Tahoe Middle has edged down 34%, going from 458 students in 2018 to 301 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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