Schools

Relocating to a new area puts a burden on any family to do their homework on the viability of the local school system for their children.Here we have provided for you a quick reference to public schools, private schools and general statistics.

In the North Lake Tahoe area, the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District ( TTUSD) covers approximately 720 square miles of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The TTUSD serves more than 5000 students in Nevada, Placer and El Dorado Counties with district offices located in Truckee, California. The district boundaries stretch from Hobart Mills, eight miles North of Truckee to Emerald Bay, near South Lake Tahoe; and from Cisco Grove, twenty miles to the west, to Floriston, fifteen miles to the east.

General Facts for
Tahoe Truckee Unified School District

11839 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, CA 96161
Phone (530) 582-7600

Community Characteristics

Student Enrollment by Grade

Total Enrollment = 5,570

National Enrollment Ranking: 1,806 of 15,679 (88th Percentile)
State Enrollment Ranking: 271 of 1,055 (74th Percentile)

High School Statistics

Average SAT Scores: 1012 (Math 510, Verbal 502)

Financial Facts

Expenditures Per Student $6,913

State Spending Ranking: 69th Percentile – 309 of 1004
National Spending Ranking: 37th Percentile – 9,036 of 14,453

Public Schools

Where applicable, you can click on the school’s name to visit their web site for more information.

Cold Stream Alternative & Creekside Magnet (Grades K-12th)

740 Timberland Lane, Tahoe City, CA 96145 (map)
Phone: (530) 581-0157 (Cold Stream Alternative – ext. 3 / Creekside Magnet – ext. 4)

Student/Teacher Ratio: 13.0
Students/Teachers: 39/3

Enrollment by Grade: K-1, 1st-1, 2nd-1, 3rd-3, 6th-2, 7th-4, 8th-5, 9th-1, 10th-4, 11th-10, 12th-7

Donner Trail Elementary School (Grades K-5th)

52755 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, CA 96161 (map)
Phone: (530) 426-3639

Enrollment by Grade: K-12, 1st-7, 2nd-11, 3rd-9, 4th-11, 5th-14

Glenshire Elementary School (Grades K-5th)

10990 Dorchester, Truckee, CA 96161 (map)
Phone: (530) 582-7675

Enrollment by Grade: K-72, 1st-74, 2nd-97, 3rd-84, 4th-91, 5th-82

Kings Beach Elementary School (Grades K-5th)

8125 Steelhead Avenue, Kings Beach, CA 96143 (map)
Phone: (530) 546-2605

Enrollment by Grade: K-89, 1st-72, 2nd-80, 3rd-85, 4th-78, 5th-68

North Tahoe High School (Grades 9th-12th)

2945 Polaris Road, Tahoe City, CA 96145 (map)
Phone: (530) 583-6922

Enrollment by Grade: 9th-151, 10th-142, 11th-125, 12th-109

North Tahoe Middle School (Grades 6th-8th)

2945 Polaris Road, Tahoe City, CA 96145 (map)
Phone: (530) 583-9387

Enrollment by Grade: 6th-133, 7th-153, 8th-154

Sierra High School (Grades 9th-12th (Cont./Alternative)

11603 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, CA 96161 (map)
Phone: (530) 582-7685

Student/Teacher Ratio: 33.0
Students/Teachers: 66/2

Enrollment by Grade: 9th-5, 10th-22, 11th-10, 12th-29

Sierra Mountain Middle School (Grades 6th-8th)

11603 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, CA 96161 (map)
Phone: (530) 582-7650

Student/Teacher Ratio: 20.8
Students/Teachers: 708/34

Enrollment by Grade: 6th-232, 7th-242, 8th-234

Tahoe Lake Elementary School (Grades UG-3rd)

NOTE: The Rideout Program was move to Tahoe Lake Elementary
375 Grove Street, Tahoe City, CA 96145 (map)
Phone: (530) 583-3010

Enrollment by Grade: UG-4, K-39, 1st-56, 2nd-35, 3rd-59

Tahoe Truckee High School (Grades 9th-12th)

11725 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, CA 96161 (map)
Phone: (530) 582-2600

Student/Teacher Ratio: 19.3
Students/Teachers: 792/41
Average SAT: 1011 (Math 516, Verbal 495)

Enrollment by Grade: 9th-224, 10th-209, 11th-187, 12th-172

Truckee Elementary School (Grades K-5th)

11911 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, CA 96161 (map)
Phone: (530) 582-7665

Enrollment by Grade: K-105, 1st-107, 2nd-109, 3rd-120, 4th-108, 5th-132Private Schools

8% Private School Enrollment within Tahoe Truckee Unified School District

Lake Forest School (Grades PK-K)

2804 Lake Forest Road, Tahoe City, CA 96145 (map)
Phone: (530) 583-4344

Enrollment by Grade: PK-47, K-12

Sierra Montessori School (Grade K)

12716 Northwoods Blvd., Suite 3, Truckee, CA 96161 (map)
Phone: (530) 582-9596

Enrollment by Grade: K-4

Squaw Valley Academy (Grades 6th-12th)

235 Squaw Valley Road, P.O. Box 2667, Olympic Valley, CA 96146 (map)
Phone: (530) 583-1558

Enrollment by Grade: 6th-5, 7th-3, 8th-16, 9th-16, 10th-25, 12th-21

Thomas Aquinas School (Grades K-9th)

1035 West Lake Blvd., P.O. Box 6078, Tahoe City, CA 96145 (map)
Phone: (530) 583-4253

Enrollment by Grade: K-4, 1st-2, 3rd-3, 4th-5, 5th-2, 6th-1, 7th-2, 8th-1, 9th-1, 11th-2

Truckee Tahoe Christian School (Grades K-8th)

11470 Hwy 267, P.O. Box 337, Truckee, CA 96160 (map)
Phone: (530) 587-0407

Enrollment by Grade: K-17, 1st-6, 2nd-7, 3rd-5, 4th-5, 5th-6, 6th-7, 7th-7, 8th-6

For further information on Tahoe Truckee Schools visit the web site of Tahoe Truckee Unified School District.