Schools · Reno
Reno, NV schools
Reno’s public schools score above Nevada’s averages: 44% of students are proficient in reading against 42.2% statewide, and 85% of high schoolers graduate on time against 83.4%. Kids attend one of 31 elementary schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Reno’s School Grade: B
The public schools Reno’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 58% of Nevada’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
BTest scoresBGraduation
Nevada school districts we grade (19)Better than 58%
Lower resultsHigher results
Nevada towns with similar household incomes (55)Better than 58%
High confidence. Built on 31,927 tested students and a graduating class of 4,854; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Nevada’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Nevada only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Nevada with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Reno kids go to school
Grades PK–5
31 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Washoe County School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Above the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–5, Washoe County)44%
State average 42.2%
Math (grades PK–5, Washoe County)30%
State average 25.5%
Graduation · class of 2020
85% graduate on time
Graduation rate
85%
NV: 83.4%
Graduating class
4,854
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #11 of 41 NV towns →
Districts
The district serving Reno
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 84 schools in Reno
Showing 1–30 of 84 schools
STEAD ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 647 students
CPublicJWOOD RAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 602 students
PublicHigh Desert MontessoriElementary · Grades PK–8 · 529 students
C+CharterCoral Academy Elementary-SouthElementary · Grades K–5 · 521 students
CharterALICE SMITH ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 512 students
C+PublicMater Academy of Northern NevadaElementary · Grades K–8 · 501 students
CCharterSARAH WINNEMUCCA ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 496 students
BPublicSMITHRIDGE S.T.E.M. ACADEMYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 494 students
C+PublicSILVER LAKE ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 491 students
B+PublicNICK POULAKIDAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 487 students
A+PublicROLLAN MELTON ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 477 students
A+PublicDESERT HEIGHTS ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades K–5 · 474 students
CPublicCAUGHLIN RANCH ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 466 students
A+PublicJESSIE BECK ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 462 students
APublicGEORGE WESTERGARD ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 461 students
APublicDOUBLE DIAMOND ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 444 students
BPublicCoral Academy ElementaryElementary · Grades K–4 · 433 students
A-CharterMOUNT ROSE K-8 ACADEMY OF LANGUAGESElementary · Grades K–8 · 420 students
A+PublicDONNER SPRINGS ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 414 students
BPublicROY GOMM ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades K–5 · 407 students
A+PublicRITA CANNAN ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 405 students
DPublicBERNICE MATHEWS ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 398 students
C+PublicHUFFAKER ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 377 students
B+PublicGRACE WARNER ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 369 students
C+PublicGLENN DUNCAN S.T.E.M. ACADEMYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 348 students
DPublicPEAVINE ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 345 students
A-PublicECHO LODER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 325 students
CPublicROGER CORBETT ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 323 students
CPublicLIBBY BOOTH ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 321 students
CPublicANDERSON ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 319 students
CPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.