Summary:
Zip code 96145 has one high school, North Tahoe High, serving grades 9–12 with 468 students in the Tahoe-Truckee Unified area. Its results show strengths alongside a clear academic challenge: in 2025–2026, all-grades proficiency was 63% in ELA, 42% in science and 36% in math. The standout finding is that ELA proficiency was 14 percentage points above the state rate.
Because this zip code has only one listed high school, there is no meaningful school-to-school ranking. Within North Tahoe High, ELA is the strongest subject relative to the state, while math is the weakest: math proficiency was 16 points below the district and 2 points below the state; science was 7 points below the district but 6 points above the state. Completion outcomes are especially strong: graduation was 98%, compared with 94% in the district and 88% statewide, and dropout was 0%, versus 1% and 8%. Chronic absenteeism is a less favorable point against the district: 17%, compared with 13%, though it was 1 point below the state.
Science improved most between the two years reported, rising from 34% in 2024–2025 to 42% in 2025–2026; the state rose from 33% to 36%, so the school’s lead widened by 5 points. ELA remained well above the state but slipped from 64% to 63%, while math rose from 35% to 36% and remained slightly below the state. SchoolDigger ranked North Tahoe High at the 83rd percentile in 2023–2024 and the 72nd percentile in both following years. Context measures include a 17.1 student-teacher ratio and 36% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these provide background, not an explanation of results.
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