11911 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee, Nevada County, 96161
Truckee Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Truckee, Nevada County. The school has 451 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ryan Galles. It is part of the Tahoe-Truckee Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
Truckee Elementary enrolls 451 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Hispanic or Latino, 37% White and 6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 253 | 56% |
| White | 167 | 37% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 6% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
233 of the school's 451 students (52%) 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.
Truckee Elementary 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.
Truckee Elementary 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 451 students, Truckee Elementary is larger than the district average of about 360 students per school.