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.

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