South Tahoe High

South Tahoe High is a mid-sized secondary school in South Lake Tahoe, California, run under Lake Tahoe Unified. The school instructs 1,076 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 28% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Lake Tahoe Unified comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,527 students; South Tahoe High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, South Tahoe High reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 42% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, El Dorado County as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against El Dorado County (around 32%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, South Tahoe High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 51.7%; actual is 37.1%, a gap of -14.7 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for El Dorado County put median household income runs about $108,845, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. South Tahoe High is one of 69 public schools in El Dorado County (combined enrollment of about 34,706 students).

The closest other public school is Mt. Tallac High, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Tahoe High at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 44.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 6%: 1,013 students in 2018 compared to 1,076 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 39% to 48% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.