How does Alder Creek Middle compare to other middle schools in Truckee?

Alder Creek Middle has a SchoolScope composite score of 54.3/100, placing it at the 81st percentile statewide. 29% of students exceed standard, with a total of 1,030 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Alder Creek Middle?

29.4% of students at Alder Creek Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 60.1% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Alder Creek Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Alder Creek Middle's proficiency rate increases by 4.5 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This suggests the school may be adding value over time.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Alder Creek Middle?

17.3% of students at Alder Creek Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Alder Creek Middle

Middle School

Tahoe-Truckee Unified TruckeePlacer County96161

📍 10931 Alder Drive

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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On the Rise

On an upward trajectory — scores are improving faster than average. Worth a closer look.

Composite scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

513 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

17:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

32%

Teachers

30 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Increased

+9.0 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Increased Significantly

+16.7 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

17.6%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 51 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic32.4%

White63.0%

Black0.2%

Other4.5%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Alder Creek Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	29.4%
Met Standard	30.7%
Below Standard	39.9%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "60% proficient" for Alder Creek Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

29.4% of students exceeded standard while 30.7% met it. That exceeded rate is 12.1 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's near the Tahoe-Truckee Unified district average of 29.7%. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Students here improve by 4.5 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased and Math increased significantly year-over-year. 17.6% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 17.3%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

29.4%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

60.1%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

+4.5pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

17.3%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

4.7%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

1,030

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	169	26.6%	36.7%	24.3%	12.4%	63.3%
7th	185	29.2%	38.4%	22.2%	10.3%	67.6%
8th	158	22.8%	43.7%	24.1%	9.5%	66.5%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	169	31.4%	20.7%	24.9%	23.1%	52.1%
7th	187	31.6%	21.9%	27.3%	19.3%	53.5%
8th	162	35.2%	22.8%	21.6%	20.4%	58.0%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Donner Trail Elementary

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Middle

Alder Creek Middle

54.381st pctile

This school

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High School

Tahoe Truckee High

64.383rd pctile

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.