Summary:
Zip code 96145 has one listed middle school, North Tahoe Middle, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 301 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grade proficiency was above the state’s in ELA, math and science. Most importantly, science was its clearest strength: 55% of students were proficient, compared with 36% statewide, an 19-point advantage.
There is no local top-to-bottom comparison because North Tahoe is the only school listed; it is the local leader by default, not through a comparison with nearby peers. Its state results were 59% in ELA and 48% in math, respectively 9 points above state results in both subjects. However, the school was below the district in those two subjects: ELA was 4 points below the 62% district result, and math was 5 points below the district’s 52%. Science was 6 points above the district’s 49%. Results also differ by grade: math proficiency ranged from 39% in grade 6 to 57% in grade 8, while ELA varied less, from 56% to 62%.
Results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in all three subjects, and the school’s advantage over the state widened. North Tahoe’s proficiency rose 6 points in ELA, 3 points in math and 13 points in science; its average lead over the state grew from 7 points to 12 points. SchoolDigger ranked the school 580th of 2,703 schools, at the 79th percentile, with the percentile up from 73 in 2024–2025 but below 81 in 2023–2024; SchoolDigger gave the district four stars and a rank of 165th of 968. The school’s student–teacher ratio was 14.6 in 2024–2025, and 41% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Its 12% chronic absenteeism rate was below the district’s 13% and the state’s 18%. These figures provide context, but the single-school list does not allow comparison among local schools.
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