Summary:
ZIP code 96145 has one elementary school, Tahoe Lake Elementary, serving kindergarten through grade 5 with 282 students. Its clearest headline is that in 2025–26 it was above California in ELA, mathematics, and science, with its largest advantage in mathematics: 56% proficient, 18 points above the state.
There is no local school leader or trailer because Tahoe Lake Elementary is the only school in the ZIP code. Compared with Tahoe-Truckee Unified, it was 4 points higher in mathematics (56% versus 52%), but 6 points lower in ELA (56% versus 62%) and 10 points lower in science (39% versus 49%). Grade 4 was a relative bright spot: results exceeded the district by 3 points in ELA and 2 points in math. By contrast, grade 3 math was 7 points below the district. These grade-level differences show why the all-grade results do not tell the whole story. No peer-school comparison within the ZIP code is possible.
Results have moved in different directions: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, ELA rose 3 points to 56%, mathematics fell 4 points to 56%, and science fell 18 points to 39%. Science remains above the state, but its lead narrowed from 24 points to 3; mathematics remains the strongest state comparison. SchoolDigger ranked Tahoe Lake Elementary in the 74th percentile with four stars in 2025–26, down from the 77th percentile the prior year but above the 66th percentile and three stars in 2023–24. Context figures include a 20.8 student–teacher ratio in 2024–25 and 28% free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 13% in 2025–26, close to the district’s 13% and below California’s 18%.
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