Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 96143 consist of one K–5 school, Kings Beach Elementary, with 362 students in the Tahoe-Truckee area. With just one school, families have no within-ZIP school comparison; the most useful picture comes from its results compared with California and the district. The clearest finding is that the school is substantially ahead of the state in math and science, but behind in English language arts (ELA): in 2025–26, proficiency was 55% in science and 55% in math, versus 36% and 38% statewide, while ELA was 45% versus 49%.
There is no separate top- or bottom-performing school in this ZIP code, but results vary by subject and grade at Kings Beach Elementary. Its strongest statewide comparisons are science, 19 percentage points above California, and math, 16 points above. ELA was 4 points below the state and 18 points below the district. Grade-level ELA helps explain that mixed picture: fifth grade reached 58%, 8 points above the state, while third grade was 37%, 8 points below; fourth grade was close to the state. Math exceeded the state in all three tested grades, by 5 points in third grade, 19 in fourth, and 13 in fifth. Chronic absenteeism was also lower than comparison rates: 7% at the school, versus 13% in the district and 18% statewide.
Results changed sharply from 2024–25 to 2025–26: science rose 21 points, math rose 7, and ELA fell 3. Over the same period, the school’s gap with the state widened in science and math but grew more negative in ELA, so the science jump is notable but does not establish a lasting trend. SchoolDigger ranked the school at the 68th percentile in 2023–24, 63rd in 2024–25, and 68th in 2025–26—not a steady rise. For additional context, the student-teacher ratio was 20:1 in 2024–25, and 45% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these figures describe the school but do not explain its test results. SchoolDigger gives the district 4 stars and ranks it 165th of 968 districts.
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