Elementary · California
Tahoe Valley Elementary
Free meals for allTahoe Valley Elementary, a public elementary school in South Lake Tahoe, California: grades k–5, 395 students, 21.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lake Tahoe Unified.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 395
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.0
- Students per teacher
- 21.9
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 56% of elementary schools in California
Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared
More students per teacher than 91% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 63% of elementary schools in California
Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared
Smaller than 54% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%46%proficient
+7.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 55% of elementary schools in California
Median 43% · 5,677 elementary schools compared
165 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%32%proficient
+4.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 59% of elementary schools in California
Median 36% · 5,679 elementary schools compared
168 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant town
- Run by
- Lake Tahoe Unified
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Lake Tahoe Unified.
Location
- Address
- 943 Tahoe Island Dr., South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
- Phone
- (530)543-2350
- City or town
- South Lake Tahoe
- County
- El Dorado County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Sierra House ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 418 | 20.9 |
Bijou CommunityFree meals for all | K–5 | 422 | 23.4 |
Meyers ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 334 | 23.9 |
| Pre-K–5 | 153 | — | |
| Pre-K–5 | 371 | 19.5 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 300 | 16.7 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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