Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAHOE-TRUCKEE UNIFIED·NCES 063877006519
Tahoe Lake Elementary
375 Grove St., Tahoe City, CA 96145 · (530) 582-2700 · Placer County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
79 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 61 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 36% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
53.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +21.4pp since 2014
Math
60.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +35.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 21 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 35 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.8% | 28.6% | 28.6% | 18.1% |
| Math | 29.1% | 31.3% | 23.9% | 15.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.4% | 60.5% |
| 2023-24 | 49.3% | 46.5% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 54.5% |
| 2021-22 | 56.2% | 54.5% |
| 2020-21 | 50.5% | 51.6% |
| 2018-19 | 72.2% | 62.6% |
| 2017-18 | 59.7% | 43.5% |
| 2016-17 | 46.6% | 38.9% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 35.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 25.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Tahoe Lake Elementary
Tahoe Lake Elementary's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tahoe Lake Elementary this school | 282 | 28.0% | 52.4% |
| Northside Elementary Cool | 283 | 28.6% | 53.7% |
| Golden Valley River Orangevale | 297 | 24.9% | N/A |
| Golden Valley Orchard Orangevale | 292 | 31.5% | N/A |
| Solana Vista Elementary Solana Beach | 317 | 22.7% | 74.1% |
| McNear Elementary Petaluma | 343 | 27.4% | 52.5% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Tahoe Lake Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Placer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #1,566 of 5,151 | #43 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #1,044 of 5,172 ▲ 675 | #22 of 61 ▲ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #1,795 of 5,172 ▲ 146 | #44 of 61 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #2,848 of 5,116 | #15 of 58 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #4,915 of 5,915 | #62 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,433 of 5,352 | #22 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.6% | #2,716 of 5,354 | #51 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.0% | #4,837 of 5,625 | #39 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.7% | #527 of 1,139 | #13 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
282
+41 (+17%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 406
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 20.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 282 | 13.5 | 20.9:1 | 28% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 286 | 12.5 | 22.9:1 | 33% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 292 | 13 | 22.5:1 | 23% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 241 | 12 | 20.1:1 | 44% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 257 | 14 | 18.4:1 | 40% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 303 | 15 | 20.2:1 | 50% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 251 | N/A | N/A | 55% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 222 | 13 | 17.1:1 | 13% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 406 | 16 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tahoe Lake Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (257 to 282); teachers down 4% (14 to 13.5).
About Tahoe Lake Elementary
Tahoe Lake Elementary is the name of a low-enrollment elementary school in Tahoe City, California. Its enrollment is 282 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
Tahoe Lake Elementary belongs to Tahoe-Truckee Unified, a district of 11 schools and 3,959 students.
The largest group at Tahoe Lake Elementary is White students, at 65%. Enrollment also includes 26% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Tahoe Lake Elementary scores 51%.
Tahoe Lake Elementary lists 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 20.9 students per teacher. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 1.4 students per teacher. About 28% of students at Tahoe Lake Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Tahoe Lake Elementary holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 44% of California public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Tahoe Lake Elementary is 10.7 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 52.4% actual, 63.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
The school is in Placer County, where median household income comes to about $115,998, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Placer County counts 123 public schools with about 70,590 students.
The closest school to Tahoe Lake Elementary is North Tahoe High, located about 1.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Tahoe Lake Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Tahoe Lake Elementary is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
In 2020-21, Tahoe Lake Elementary enrolled 241 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 282.
The Tahoe Lake Elementary discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Placer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
419,156
Census ACS
Median income
$115,998
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
70,590 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tahoe-Truckee Unified
- Tahoe Truckee HighHigh · 907 students
- Alder Creek MiddleMiddle · 535 students
- Truckee ElementaryElementary · 515 students
- Glenshire ElementaryElementary · 499 students
- North Tahoe HighHigh · 468 students
- Kings Beach ElementaryElementary · 362 students
Other schools in Tahoe City
- North Tahoe HighHigh · 468 students
- North Tahoe MiddleMiddle · 301 students
Nearby schools
- North Tahoe High1.9 mi · 468
- North Tahoe Middle1.9 mi · 301
- Creekside Charter5.5 mi · 233
- Kings Beach Elementary7.6 mi · 362
- Cold Stream Alternative10.8 mi · 11
- Sierra High (Continuation)11.0 mi · 24
Frequently asked questions
About Tahoe Lake ElementaryHow many students attend Tahoe Lake Elementary?
Tahoe Lake Elementary enrolls approximately 282 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Tahoe Lake Elementary serve?
Tahoe Lake Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Tahoe Lake Elementary?
Approximately 20.9:1 students per teacher at Tahoe Lake Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tahoe Lake Elementary?
At Tahoe Lake Elementary, the student body is approximately 65% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Tahoe Lake Elementary public or private?
Tahoe Lake Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tahoe-Truckee Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.