Cold Stream Alternative
Truckee · CA · Tahoe-Truckee Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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Sierra High (Continuation) → Blue Ridge → Yuba Environmental Science Charter Academy → Sierra Pass (Continuation) → William R. Rouse ROP → Downieville Junior-Senior High → Divide High → Plumas County Community →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Cold Stream Alternative compares for families
What families should know about Cold Stream Alternative.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Sierra High (Continuation), Blue Ridge, Yuba Environmental Science Charter Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +19.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 11 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra High (Continuation) Truckee |
Public | 2.2 | 24 | — |
| Blue Ridge South Lake Tahoe |
Public | 29.2 | 11 | — |
| Yuba Environmental Science Charter Academy Oregon House |
Public · charter | 57.4 | 10 | — |
| Sierra Pass (Continuation) Loyalton |
Public | 24.6 | 5 | — |
| William R. Rouse ROP Sierraville |
Public | 20.6 | — | — |
| Downieville Junior-Senior High Downieville |
Public | 38.5 | 9 | — |
| Divide High Georgetown |
Public | 45.5 | 9 | — |
| Plumas County Community Quincy |
Public | 58.8 | 8 | — |