Sierra House Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in South Lake Tahoe, California, Sierra House Elementary teaches 418 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Lake Tahoe Unified.

Sierra House Elementary is one of 8 schools operated by Lake Tahoe Unified, a district that teaches 3,527 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sierra House Elementary records that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 38% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Sierra House Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against El Dorado County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sierra House Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (El Dorado County) records that median household earnings sit near $108,845, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Sierra House Elementary is one of 69 public schools in El Dorado County (combined enrollment of about 34,706 students).

Nearest neighbor: Blue Ridge, around 2.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sierra House Elementary comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 41.8%.

Sierra House Elementary operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sierra House Elementary has declined 11%, going from 470 students in 2018 to 418 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 38% to 48% over that span.

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