Tahoe Lake Elementary

Tahoe Lake Elementary is one of the modestly sized elementary-level communitys in Tahoe City, California, part of Tahoe-Truckee Unified, with 282 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 39% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Tahoe Lake Elementary is one of 11 schools operated by Tahoe-Truckee Unified, a district that instructs 3,959 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Tahoe Lake Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Hispanic, 9% multiracial.

On the resource side, Tahoe Lake Elementary logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Tahoe Lake Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Tahoe Lake Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Placer County indicate median household income runs about $115,998, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tahoe Lake Elementary is one of 123 public schools in Placer County (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students).

North Tahoe Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Tahoe Lake Elementary. On composite proficiency, Tahoe Lake Elementary comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 51.4%.

Tahoe Lake Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tahoe Lake Elementary has increased 10%, going from 257 students in 2018 to 282 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 37% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 today.

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