Summary:
Zip code 96145 has three Tahoe Lake Elementary (K–5, 282 students), North Tahoe Middle (grades 6–8, 301 students), and North Tahoe High (grades 9–12, 468 students), all in the Tahoe-Truckee Unified district. All-grades totals cover different grade spans, so grade-level comparisons are fairer; the supplied results do not compare the schools in a shared grade. The clearest overall takeaway is that all three schools are above state rates in every supplied grade-specific comparison, even though North Tahoe High is below the state in all-grades math.
The schools stand out in different subjects. In 2025–2026 all-grades results, North Tahoe High leads ELA at 63%, 14 percentage points above the state, but has the group’s lowest math result at 36%, 2 points below the state. Tahoe Lake Elementary leads math at 56%, 18 points above the state. North Tahoe Middle leads science at 55%, 19 points above the state. Math has the widest spread between schools: 21 points, compared with 16 in science and 7 in ELA. Among grade-level results, grade 8 math at North Tahoe Middle is 21 points above the state, while grade 4 math at Tahoe Lake is 18 points above.
Recent trends are mixed: the schools’ average advantage over the state grew in ELA, from 8 to 10 points, but narrowed in math, from 9 to 8, and science, from 12 to 9. Tahoe Lake’s science proficiency fell 18 points between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, though it remained 3 points above the state; North Tahoe Middle and North Tahoe High science rose 13 and 8 points. SchoolDigger gives all three schools four stars; its 2025–2026 percentile rankings are 79 for North Tahoe Middle, 74 for Tahoe Lake, and 72 for North Tahoe High. Student–teacher ratios range from 14.6 at the middle school to 20.8 at the elementary school. Each school reports free/reduced lunch eligible (FRL), 2024–2025: 28% at Tahoe Lake, 41% at North Tahoe Middle, and 36% at North Tahoe High. These measures provide context, not an explanation for school results.
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