Enrollment
363
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHOE COUNTY·NCES 320048000201
Agnes Risley Elementary
1900 Sullivan Lane, SPARKS, NV 89431 · (775) 353-5760 · Washoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
363 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 85%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
29.9%
NV avg 45.8% . +12.6pp since 2023
Math
26.1%
NV avg 35.6% . +12.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.9% | 26.1% |
| 2023-24 | 17.3% | 13.8% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nevada's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Agnes Risley Elementary
Agnes Risley Elementary's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes Risley Elementary this school | 363 | 100.0% | 21.8% |
| Roger Corbett Elementary RENO | 323 | 100.0% | 22.8% |
| Echo Loder Elementary School RENO | 325 | 100.0% | 12.3% |
| Alice Maxwell Elementary SPARKS | 368 | 100.0% | 44.3% |
| Greenbrae Elementary SPARKS | 323 | 100.0% | 25.9% |
| Mater Academy of Northern Nevada Reno | 501 | 100.0% | 30.6% |
Matched among Nevada elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Agnes Risley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Washoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #322 of 367 | #55 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #289 of 388 ▲ 77 | #55 of 75 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #310 of 390 ▲ 65 | #61 of 76 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #323 of 442 | #47 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #146 of 379 | #20 of 73 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.7% | #374 of 381 | #73 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #277 of 386 | #2 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #204 of 304 | #47 of 64 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
363
-57 (-14%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 544
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 363 | 22.8 | 15.9:1 | 100% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 19 | 18.6:1 | 100% (354) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 21.8 | 16.2:1 | 100% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 32 | 13.1:1 | 100% (420) |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 100% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 482 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 93% (448) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 99% (490) |
| 2000-01 | 588 | 33 | 17.8:1 | 68% (400) |
| 1990-91 | 544 | 27 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Agnes Risley Elementary.
About Agnes Risley Elementary
Agnes Risley Elementary is a small elementary school in SPARKS, Nevada. The school enrolls 363 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Nevada, the average enrollment is about 480.
Agnes Risley Elementary is one of the 114 schools that make up Washoe County (63,959 students in total).
Roughly 86% of students at Agnes Risley Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups make up 6% White, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 26% of Washoe County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Agnes Risley Elementary is 25%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Agnes Risley Elementary reports a ratio of 15.9 students per teacher, from 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada is 2.2 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Agnes Risley Elementary, 100% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Washoe County is 56%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Agnes Risley Elementary would be expected to post about 32.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 21.8%.
For the population of Washoe County, median household income comes to about $88,096, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Washoe County counts 127 public schools with about 68,279 students.
Agnes Risley Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Sparks Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Agnes Risley Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Agnes Risley Elementary ranks 6th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 21.8% against a local average of 29.2%.
The NCES locale for Agnes Risley Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Agnes Risley Elementary enrolled 420 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 363. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.1:1 to 15.9:1.
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Washoe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
497,200
Census ACS
Median income
$88,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
127
68,279 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washoe County
- North Valleys High SchoolHigh · 2,307 students
- Spanish Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,131 students
- Edward C. Reed High SchoolHigh · 2,092 students
- Procter R. Hug High SchoolHigh · 2,008 students
- Reno High SchoolHigh · 1,741 students
- Damonte Ranch High SchoolHigh · 1,738 students
Other schools in SPARKS
- Spanish Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,131 students
- Edward C. Reed High SchoolHigh · 2,092 students
- Procter R. Hug High SchoolHigh · 2,008 students
- Sparks High SchoolHigh · 1,211 students
- Sky Ranch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,206 students
- Pinecrest Academy of Northern NevadaElementary · 1,033 students
Nearby schools
- Sparks Middle School0.1 mi · 622
- Alice Maxwell Elementary0.5 mi · 368
- High Desert Montessori0.7 mi · 529
- Rita Cannan Elementary0.8 mi · 405
- Bernice Mathews Elementary0.8 mi · 398
- Sparks High School0.8 mi · 1,211
Frequently asked questions
About Agnes Risley ElementaryHow large is Agnes Risley Elementary?
Agnes Risley Elementary enrolls approximately 363 students in grades PK-05.
Is Agnes Risley Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Agnes Risley Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Agnes Risley Elementary have?
Agnes Risley Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Agnes Risley Elementary?
Student demographics at Agnes Risley Elementary are roughly 6% White, 86% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Agnes Risley Elementary in?
Agnes Risley Elementary is part of Washoe County.
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