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Enrollment
907
High
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAHOE-TRUCKEE UNIFIED·NCES 063877006520
Tahoe Truckee High
11725 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee, CA 96161 · (530) 582-2600 · Nevada County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL907 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of California public high schools
- A-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.
- C+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
255 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 223 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 234 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 235 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 215 | 24% |
Student demographics
52%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
75.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.1pp since 2014
Math
43.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 39.2% | 35.9% | 12.9% | 12.0% |
| Math | 20.9% | 22.3% | 27.4% | 29.3% |
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 | 75.1% | 43.3% |
| 2023-24 | 62.1% | 39.4% |
| 2022-23 | 66.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 71.6% | 44.7% |
| 2020-21 | 61.4% | 45.3% |
| 2018-19 | 65.2% | 45.3% |
| 2017-18 | 53.7% | 40.6% |
| 2016-17 | 61.1% | 45.9% |
| 2015-16 | 63.0% | 47.0% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
55.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% 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 Truckee High
Tahoe Truckee High's state test result (55.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tahoe Truckee High this school | 907 | 28.1% | 55.0% |
| Templeton High Templeton | 725 | 28.4% | 54.2% |
| Sutter Union High Sutter | 734 | 25.3% | 38.1% |
| Placer High Auburn | 1,265 | 29.9% | 49.4% |
| Santa Cruz High Santa Cruz | 1,093 | 22.7% | 63.1% |
| Lassen High Susanville | 816 | 34.2% | 33.9% |
Matched among California high 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 Truckee High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Nevada County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #249 of 1,052 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #231 of 1,056 ▲ 30 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #158 of 1,056 ▲ 228 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.1pp | #586 of 1,044 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 907 | #801 of 2,093 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #554 of 1,352 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #639 of 1,351 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #1,416 of 1,575 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.6% | #37 of 327 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
907
+82 (+10%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 726
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 907 | 45.3 | 20.0:1 | 28% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 894 | 45.7 | 19.6:1 | 25% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 890 | 41.6 | 21.4:1 | 24% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 825 | 43 | 19.2:1 | 35% (288) |
| 2017-18 | 728 | 37.1 | 19.6:1 | 34% (245) |
| 2015-16 | 697 | 39 | 17.9:1 | 31% (218) |
| 2010-11 | 674 | N/A | N/A | 24% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 808 | 42 | 19.2:1 | 7% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 726 | 36 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tahoe Truckee High.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (728 to 907); teachers up 22% (37.1 to 45.3).
About Tahoe Truckee High
Tahoe Truckee High serves students in Truckee, California, as a medium-sized high school. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 907 students.
Tahoe-Truckee Unified operates 11 schools. Combined enrollment is 3,959 students.
By race and ethnicity, Tahoe Truckee High is 61% White. It is also 33% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Nevada County is roughly 84% White. By the diversity index, Tahoe Truckee High comes in at 52%.
The count of teachers at Tahoe Truckee High is 45.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 20.0:1. The average ratio among high schools in California is 18.2:1, lower than at this school. Around 28% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Nevada County is 43%.
Tahoe Truckee High is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 54% of California public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Tahoe Truckee High's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 63.1%. Tahoe Truckee High scores 55.0%, 8.1 points below that line.
In the county around the school, Nevada County, median household income is about $89,882, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tahoe Truckee High is among the 46 public schools in Nevada County.
The closest other public school is Truckee Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 55.0% is below the 56.1% average for nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Tahoe Truckee High is Town: Distant, which covers schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 10%, from 825 to 907.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Nevada County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
102,481
Census ACS
Median income
$89,882
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
13,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tahoe-Truckee Unified
- Alder Creek MiddleMiddle · 535 students
- Truckee ElementaryElementary · 515 students
- Glenshire ElementaryElementary · 499 students
- North Tahoe HighHigh · 468 students
- Kings Beach ElementaryElementary · 362 students
- North Tahoe MiddleMiddle · 301 students
Other schools in Truckee
- Alder Creek MiddleMiddle · 535 students
- Truckee ElementaryElementary · 515 students
- Glenshire ElementaryElementary · 499 students
- Sierra Expeditionary LearningElementary · 216 students
- Sierra High (Continuation)High · 24 students
- Cold Stream AlternativeCombined · 11 students
Nearby schools
- Truckee Elementary0.2 mi · 515
- Sierra High (Continuation)0.2 mi · 24
- Sierra Expeditionary Learning0.4 mi · 216
- Cold Stream Alternative2.4 mi · 11
- Alder Creek Middle2.5 mi · 535
- Glenshire Elementary6.8 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Tahoe Truckee HighWhat is the total enrollment at Tahoe Truckee High?
Tahoe Truckee High enrolls approximately 907 students in grades 09-12.
Is Tahoe Truckee High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tahoe Truckee High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Tahoe Truckee High have?
Tahoe Truckee High employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tahoe Truckee High?
At Tahoe Truckee High, the student body is approximately 61% White, 33% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Tahoe Truckee High public or private?
Tahoe Truckee High 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.