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What's one thing ALICE MAXWELL ELEMENTARY gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHOE COUNTY·NCES 320048000202
Alice Maxwell Elementary
2300 North Rock Blvd, SPARKS, NV 89431 · (775) 353-5580 · Washoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Nevada public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nevada public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
368 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 85%
Community
1
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 | 21 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
39%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
43.3%
NV avg 45.8% . -4.7pp since 2023
Math
39.4%
NV avg 35.6% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.3% | 39.4% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 46.4% |
% 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 Alice Maxwell Elementary
Alice Maxwell Elementary's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Maxwell Elementary this school | 368 | 100.0% | 44.3% |
| West Wendover Elementary School West Wendover | 419 | 100.0% | 28.9% |
| Virginia Palmer Elementary SPARKS | 419 | 100.0% | 33.6% |
| Greenbrae Elementary SPARKS | 323 | 100.0% | 25.9% |
| Roger Corbett Elementary RENO | 323 | 100.0% | 22.8% |
| Echo Loder Elementary School RENO | 325 | 100.0% | 12.3% |
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 Alice Maxwell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Washoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #94 of 367 | #25 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #171 of 388 ▼ 61 | #36 of 75 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #193 of 390 ▼ 64 | #39 of 76 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #315 of 442 | #45 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #73 of 379 | #10 of 73 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #342 of 381 | #66 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #278 of 386 | #3 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.1% | #64 of 304 | #24 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
368
-50 (-12%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 408
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 368 | 25 | 14.7:1 | 100% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 23 | 17.0:1 | 100% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 22 | 18.4:1 | 100% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 418 | 29 | 14.4:1 | 100% (418) |
| 2017-18 | 542 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 100% (541) |
| 2015-16 | 593 | 34 | 17.4:1 | 98% (583) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | 24 | 20.5:1 | 84% (412) |
| 2000-01 | 408 | 22 | 18.6:1 | 66% (269) |
| 1990-91 | 408 | 20 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alice Maxwell Elementary.
About Alice Maxwell Elementary
Alice Maxwell Elementary serves students in SPARKS, Nevada, as a low-enrollment elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 368 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Nevada is about 480 students.
The district, Washoe County, has 63,959 students enrolled across 114 schools.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Alice Maxwell Elementary, at 76%. The next largest groups are 17% White and 2% multiracial. In Washoe County overall, about 26% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 25 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 14.7:1. That is 3.4 students per teacher below the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%. That is 44 points above the 56% average for public schools in Washoe County.
The allk12 Grade for Alice Maxwell Elementary is A-. Compared with Nevada public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 76% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Alice Maxwell Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.3%, compared with a predicted 32.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Nevada schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Washoe County, the median household income is $88,096, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Washoe County has 127 public schools and roughly 68,279 students.
The shortest distance from Alice Maxwell Elementary to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Sparks Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Alice Maxwell Elementary comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 12% from 2020-21, when Alice Maxwell Elementary had 418 students, to 2024-25, when it had 368.
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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 School0.4 mi · 622
- Agnes Risley Elementary0.5 mi · 363
- Florence Drake Elementary0.7 mi · 254
- Greenbrae Elementary0.8 mi · 323
- Sparks High School0.8 mi · 1,211
- Robert Mitchell Elementary0.9 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Alice Maxwell ElementaryHow many students attend Alice Maxwell Elementary?
Alice Maxwell Elementary enrolls approximately 368 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Alice Maxwell Elementary serve?
Alice Maxwell Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Alice Maxwell Elementary have?
Alice Maxwell Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
How diverse is Alice Maxwell Elementary?
Alice Maxwell Elementary reports a student body of 17% White, 76% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Alice Maxwell Elementary?
Alice Maxwell Elementary is overseen by Washoe County in Washoe County.
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