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Truckee, California - 11 schools
An equity score of 61/100 ranks Tahoe-Truckee Unified #469 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,636 per pupil, Tahoe-Truckee Unified ranks #204 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,965
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$20,636
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Tahoe-Truckee Unified operates 11 public schools serving 3,965 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 3 high, 2 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Nevada County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,636 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 72.2% local, 22.4% state, and 5.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 61/100, ranked #469 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 3 of 11 schools offering Advanced Placement (50 AP courses district-wide), a 265:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 24.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.3% White, 37.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is North Tahoe Middle, with a diversity index of 55.3/100.
Its largest campus is Tahoe Truckee High, enrolling 907 students (23% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Cold Stream Alternative, at 11 students, a 82x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Tahoe Truckee High accounts for 22.9% of all Tahoe-Truckee Unified student enrollment
That concentration means Tahoe-Truckee Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Tahoe-Truckee Unified school enrollment varies 82× across entities
Tahoe-Truckee Unified school enrollment ranges from 11 students (lowest) to 907 students (highest), a spread of 896 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Tahoe-Truckee Unified student-counselor ratio is 265:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Tahoe-Truckee Unified is typically wider than the Tahoe-Truckee Unified-aggregate figure suggests.
Tahoe-Truckee Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 24.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Tahoe-Truckee Unified is typically wider than the Tahoe-Truckee Unified-aggregate figure suggests.