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, 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 | — |