Regular local school district · El Dorado County
Lake Tahoe Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Lake Tahoe Unified runs 8 public schools with 3,528 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 20.9 students per teacher is about the same as the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 3,528
- Teachers (FTE)
- 169
- Students per teacher
- 20.9
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1021 Al Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
- Phone
- (530)541-2850
- County
- El Dorado County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0620640
- State district ID
- CA-0961903
- Total staff (FTE)
- 355
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 706 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district20.9
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,725), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $57.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.2 million
- State revenue
- $24.3 million
- Local revenue
- $28.2 million
- Total spending
- $54.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,588
- Salaries
- $29.2 million53.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $103.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.1%
- State: 42.1%
- Local: 48.8%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,588
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Lake Tahoe Unified
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bijou Community | Elementary | K to 5 | 422 | 23.4 |
| Elevated Digital Learning Academy | Other | K to 12 | 116 | 23.2 |
| Meyers Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 334 | 23.9 |
| Mt. Tallac High | High | 9 to 12 | 50 | 25.0 |
| Sierra House Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 418 | 20.9 |
| South Tahoe High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,076 | 19.9 |
| South Tahoe Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 716 | 19.9 |
| Tahoe Valley Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 395 | 21.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in El Dorado County
- El Dorado Union High 6,439 students
- Buckeye Union Elementary 4,153 students
- Cottonwood District 3,563 students
- Rescue Union Elementary 3,549 students
- Sky Mountain Charter District 2,511 students
- Clarksville Charter District 2,347 students
- John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills District 1,580 students
- Black Oak Mine Unified 1,238 students
- Placerville Union Elementary 1,204 students
- Mother Lode Union Elementary 843 students
- El Dorado County Office of Education 825 students
- Pollock Pines Elementary School District 587 students
- CA Montessori Project-Shingle Springs Campus DIST 543 students
- Gold Trail Union Elementary 476 students
- Gold Oak Union Elementary 388 students
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.