Summary:
Alder Creek Middle is a public middle school located in Truckee, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 538 students. The school is part of the Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District, which is ranked 366 out of 1,560 districts in California and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Alder Creek Middle consistently outperforms the state average in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics across all grade levels, with proficiency rates of 61.94% in ELA and 46.42% in Math, compared to the state averages of 46.66% and 34.62%, respectively. The school's performance in Science, as measured by the CAST assessment, is also above the state average, with 42.39% proficiency in 8th grade compared to the state's 28.76%. However, the school's racial diversity, with 63.75% White, 31.04% Hispanic, and 4.83% two or more races, is more diverse than the nearby North Tahoe Middle, which has a higher percentage of White students (53.51%) and lower percentage of Hispanic students (41.14%).
While Alder Creek Middle has maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating strong academic performance, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 7.2% in 2018-2019 to 20.4% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the nearby North Tahoe Middle (25.8%). Additionally, the school's student-teacher ratio has increased from 16.6 in 2020-2021 to 20.4 in 2022-2023, which is higher than the 16.2 ratio at North Tahoe Middle. Addressing these challenges, particularly the chronic absenteeism, could help Alder Creek Middle maintain and improve its overall performance and provide a more equitable education for all its students.
Detail:
Public 6-8
District:
Tahoe-Truckee Unified
SchoolDigger Rank:
474th of 2,798 California Middle Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,628
Students who attend Alder Creek Middle usually attend:
Feeder schools for Alder Creek Middle:
Student/teacher ratio: 20.4
Number of students: 538
Racial breakdown:
White:
63.8%
Hispanic:
31.0%
Two or more races:
4.8%
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Asian:
0.2%
American Indian:
0.2%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 25.7%
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