📍 11661 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee, Nevada County, 96161
Sierra High (Continuation) is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Truckee, Nevada County. The school has 31 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jeff Santos. It is part of the Tahoe-Truckee Unified school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 3.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.9:1.
Sierra High (Continuation) enrolls 31 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 3.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% Hispanic or Latino, 19% White and 6.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 23 | 74% |
| White | 6 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 6.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
17 of the school's 31 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sierra High (Continuation) is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Sierra High (Continuation) is one of 11 schools in Tahoe-Truckee Unified, based in Truckee, California. The district serves 3,959 students district-wide and employs 197 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 31 students, Sierra High (Continuation) is smaller than the district average of about 360 students per school.
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