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What's the most underrated thing about BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
993
Middle
DISTRICT 769 · STATE 767
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHOE COUNTY·NCES 320048000391
BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL
6685 CHESTERFIELD LANE, RENO, NV 89523 · (775) 746-5870 · Washoe County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL993 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
257 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 85%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
52.2%
NV avg 45.8% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
48.8%
NV avg 35.6% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
993
+69 (+7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 22.5:1
% White
61%
was 64%
% Hispanic
23%
was 18%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
6%
was 8%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL
Located at 6685 CHESTERFIELD LANE, in RENO, Nevada, BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized junior high that educates 993 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Washoe County. That puts it 29% larger than the typical public school in Nevada, which averages around 767 students.
Washoe County comprises 113 schools with combined enrollment of 63,412 students; BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.
Looking at the student body, BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that 61% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 23% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian, 2% Black. Compared to Washoe County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 26% of students at BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Washoe County's rate of about 56%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.1%; this one delivers 48.4%.
Around the school, census data for Washoe County shows median household income runs about $88,096, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Washoe County runs 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students), of which BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: GEORGE WESTERGARD ELEMENTARY, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 50.5%.
The campus sits in an inner-city setting.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 7%: 924 students in 2018 compared to 993 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 18% to 23% across the same window.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 RENO
- NORTH VALLEYS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,307 students
- RENO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,741 students
- DAMONTE RANCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,738 students
- ROBERT MCQUEEN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,727 students
- GALENA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,345 students
- EARL WOOSTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,338 students
Nearby schools
- GEORGE WESTERGARD ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 461
- SARAH WINNEMUCCA ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 496
- ROBERT MCQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,727
- ROLLAN MELTON ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 477
- Coral Academy Elementary-Northwest1.9 mi · 232
- ROY GOMM ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 407
Frequently asked questions
About BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 993 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
How diverse is BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 61% White, 23% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BILLINGHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by Washoe County in Washoe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.