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Best Public Schools in Truckee, CA

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At a glance

Schools

2,707

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedGlenshire Elementary443^rd of 5,804 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Truckee Elementary up 87 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Alder Creek Middle 19 students per teacher

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Summary:

Truckee, California, has seven schools: three elementary, one middle, two high and one alternative, with 2025–2026 results available for several schools. Among the four schools with reported current-year results in all three subjects, average scores are above state figures, but the schools’ results vary widely. The clearest standout is Glenshire Elementary, which leads that group in English language arts (ELA), math and science.

Glenshire Elementary scores 77% in ELA, 71% in math and 65% in science—about 28, 33 and 29 percentage points above state results. Its advantage over Truckee Elementary also appears in matched grades: in grade 5 ELA, Glenshire is 44 points ahead. Truckee is the weakest of the four comparable schools in ELA and science, at 45% and 34%, both below state results; its 42% math score is above the state’s 38%, though its grade 4 and 5 math results are below their grade-level state figures. Alder Creek Middle is above state in all three reported subjects. Tahoe Truckee High pairs 74% ELA with a 97% graduation rate, compared with 88% statewide. A separate continuation-school result, Sierra High’s science score, is 7% versus 36% statewide.

Recent results are mixed: the four-school average rose about 1 point in ELA and fell about 1 point in math from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while the three schools with science results in both years gained about 5 points on average. Sierra Expeditionary Learning has no 2025–2026 scores in this data; its latest, from 2024–2025, was above state in all three subjects, and its SchoolDigger percentile ranking rose from 72 to 84. School context differs, too: Glenshire’s student-teacher ratio is 23.9, compared with 21.3 at Truckee Elementary, while their 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 15% and 49%, respectively. These figures describe the schools but do not explain why results differ; grade spans also vary, and some scores are not reported.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)								% Completely Immunized (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sierra Expeditionary Learning	Public, Charter	K-8	11603 Donner Pass Rd.	Truckee	96161	Nevada County	Sierra Expeditionary Learning District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 582-3701	216	10	21.6	20.4%	129 (59.7%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (31.5%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.9%)								(n/a)
Glenshire Elementary	Public	K-5	10990 Dorchester Dr.	Truckee	96161	Nevada County	Tahoe-Truckee Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 582-3720	499	21	23.9	15.2%	371 (74.3%)	2 (0.4%)	64 (12.8%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (11.0%)	93.5	443^rd of 5804 public elementary schools	92.4%		92.8	487^th of 5857 public elementary schools	91.7%	44	64.8				64.8	75.3	77.3	79.6					77.4	75.3	73.3	64.8					71.0		$26,038	$25,732	$306
Cold Stream Alternative	Public, Alternative	K-12	8000 Estates Dr.	Truckee	96161	Nevada County	Tahoe-Truckee Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 582-2640	11	5	2.3	45.5%	6 (54.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (45.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Sierra High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	11661 Donner Pass Rd.	Truckee	96161	Nevada County	Tahoe-Truckee Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 582-2640	24	4	5.7	41.7%	5 (20.8%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)					6.7
Tahoe Truckee High	Public	9-12	11725 Donner Pass Rd.	Truckee	96161	Nevada County	Tahoe-Truckee Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 582-2600	907	45	20.0	28.1%	552 (60.9%)	1 (0.1%)	297 (32.7%)	7 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (4.7%)	79	431^st of 2137 public high schools	79.8%		85.7	296^th of 2162 public high schools	86.3%	135			42.9		41.5							74.2	74.2							42.5	42.5		$22,539	$22,216	$323
Truckee Elementary	Public	K-5	11911 Donner Pass Rd.	Truckee	96161	Nevada County	Tahoe-Truckee Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 582-2650	515	24	21.3	49.3%	213 (41.4%)	2 (0.4%)	271 (52.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.9%)	50.9	2554^th of 5804 public elementary schools	56.0%		49.1	2641^st of 5857 public elementary schools	54.9%	87	34.2				34.2	55.2	46.1	35.8					45.1	58.8	35.9	34.2					42.1	95.9	$25,127	$24,574	$553
Alder Creek Middle	Public	6-8	10931 Alder Dr.	Truckee	96161	Nevada County	Tahoe-Truckee Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 582-2750	535	28	19.0	29.7%	340 (63.6%)	2 (0.4%)	158 (29.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (6.2%)	84.4	369^th of 2703 public middle schools	86.3%		84.7	377^th of 2761 public middle schools	86.3%	8		58.7			58.7				64.8	67.3	68.3		66.8				49.2	55.1	56.4		53.6		$24,146	$23,840	$306

Cities Near Truckee

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Olympic Valley	9.59 mi	2	3^rd
Tahoe City	9.82 mi	3	182^nd
Kings Beach	10.15 mi	1	291^st
Soda Springs	14.82 mi	1
Sierraville	20.34 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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