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Tahoe Truckee High School

11725 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, CA 96161View on map

  • Public
  • Truckee
  • 215 seniors
  • 889 students

Tahoe Truckee High School is a public high school in Truckee (Tahoe-Truckee Unified) with 215 seniors. In fall 2025, 73% of its 70 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 75%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Cruz (UCSC), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC Davis (UCD). 66% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

73%

51 of 70 applicants, fall 2025

County median 75%

Seniors admitted to a UC

24%

51 of 215 seniors

County median 15%

Seniors who applied to UC

33%

70 of 215 seniors

County median 19%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

10%

3 of 29 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

9.4%

3 of 32 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 13%

Campus by campus, fall 2025

The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.

University of California

Tahoe Truckee High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 8 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 3.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    10%

    3 of 29 admitted

    This school10%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.10)

  • Berkeley4 pts lower

    9%

    3 of 32 admitted

    This school9%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.11)

  • Irvine6 pts lower

    17%

    3 of 18 admitted

    This school17%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.07)

  • San Diego5 pts lower

    20%

    6 of 30 admitted

    This school20%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 4.11)

  • Santa Barbara7 pts higher

    39%

    18 of 46 admitted

    This school39%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Davis7 pts higher

    44%

    16 of 36 admitted

    This school44%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 4.03)

  • Santa Cruz6 pts higher

    78%

    38 of 49 admitted

    This school78%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.97)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    86%

    12 of 14 admitted

    This school86%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Merced

    ~100% · 3 yrs pooled8 applied

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).

California State University

Tahoe Truckee High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 5 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo8 pts lower

    21%

    13 of 61 admitted

    This school21%Overall30%

  • San Diego5 pts higher

    39%

    23 of 59 admitted

    This school39%Overall34%

  • Sacramento6 pts higher

    100%

    12 of 12 admitted

    This school100%Overall94%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    93%

    28 of 30 admitted

    This school93%Overall94%

  • Monterey Bay5 pts higher

    100%

    23 of 23 admitted

    This school100%Overall95%

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (196 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

76%

148 of 196 graduates

UC or CSU

22%

44 graduates

Community college

21%

41 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC158%
CSU2915%
CA private college74%
Out of state5629%
Community college4121%
Not enrolled4824%
Enrolled in college14876%
Total196100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
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Advanced Placement

9

AP courses offered

2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection

19

AP class sections

Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.

48% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

39%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

87 of 225 graduates

A score of 3 or higher on exams or a C- or better in courses. Not comparable with the exam-only share.

2025–26 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

18%

of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams

36 of 199 graduates

2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

Subject areas

  • English: 5 classes
  • Foreign language: 1 class
  • Mathematics: 1 class
  • Science: 7 classes
  • Social science: 5 classes

Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. A–G is the class of 2023. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 74%County median 67%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 42%County median 39%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 40%County median 31%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 19%County median 17%
  • Low-income students 37%County median 38%
  • Graduates completing courses 66%County median 66%

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