NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in South Lake Tahoe, CA

Compiled from official source data by .

9 public K-12 schools in South Lake Tahoe from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

PlainSchools home → About this data
9
Schools
3,539
Students
28/100
Avg Resource Index
18.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, South Lake Tahoe has more public-school enrollment than 37% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. South Lake Tahoe's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

South Lake Tahoe's list includes 4 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

South Lake Tahoe lists only 9 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 12 to 1,076 students, a 90-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 63%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
8th percentile
Teacher staffing
21st percentile

South Tahoe High accounts for 30.4% of all South Lake Tahoe public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means South Lake Tahoe-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

South Lake Tahoe school enrollment varies 90× across entities

South Lake Tahoe school enrollment ranges from 12 students (lowest) to 1,076 students (highest), a spread of 1,064 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

South Lake Tahoe student-teacher ratio is 18.8:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Mt. Tallac High 50
2. Blue Ridge 41
3. Lake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet 36
4. Bijou Community 27
5. Sierra House Elementary 24
6. South Tahoe Middle 21
7. Elevated Digital Learning Academy 21
8. Tahoe Valley Elementary 17
9. South Tahoe High 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in South Lake Tahoe

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Sierra House Elementary 61.7/100
  2. 2 Tahoe Valley Elementary 59.3/100
  3. 3 South Tahoe High 57.8/100
  4. 4 South Tahoe Middle 57.1/100
  5. 5 Blue Ridge 56.9/100

What do families ask about schools in South Lake Tahoe?

Which South Lake Tahoe school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Mt. Tallac High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the South Lake Tahoe schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in South Lake Tahoe, CA? ▼

South Lake Tahoe has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,539 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.8:1.

Other Cities in California

Los Angeles
574 schools
San Diego
284 schools
San Jose
234 schools
Sacramento
197 schools
Fresno
180 schools
Bakersfield
146 schools

Side-by-side: Compare any two schools or districts in California →

Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.