Truckee High School

Truckee High School is one of two high schools in the Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District. The district is based in the Lake Tahoe area town of Truckee in eastern Nevada County, California.

Truckee High School
Location
11725 Donner Pass Rd Truckee, Nevada County , California , 96161 United States
Coordinates	39.32475°N 120.21637°W / 39.32475; -120.21637
Information
Type	Public Secondary
Established	1951
School district	Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District
Principal	John Neuberger
Grades	9th – 12th
Enrollment	852 (2023-2024) https://www.ttusd.org/domain/96
Colors	Silver, Scarlet, and White
Mascot	Wolverine
Rival	North Tahoe
Website	Main page

History

During the 1940s, plans were made to build a school to serve the Lake Tahoe, Truckee and Donner Lake areas of California. The Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District purchased a US$2,000 site next to U.S. Highway 40 (now Interstate 80), choosing Gordon Stafford as the building's architect in April 1949. Construction of the school began in June 1950 under Mervin Gardner Company of Reno, Nevada.^[1]

In September 1951, the Tahoe-Truckee High School officially opened. Delayed construction on the building led to the school opening two weeks late, with only three classrooms being completed at the time.^[2][3]

During the early 1970s, plans were announced by the school district to create a new high school in the North Tahoe-Truckee area, naming it North Tahoe High School.^[4] It opened in 1974.^[5]