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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at C. C. Meneley Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
363
Elementary
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS·NCES 320009000293
C. C. Meneley Elementary School
1446 Muir Dr, Gardnerville, NV 89460 · (775) 265-3154 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% 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.
- DBeats 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
16.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
146 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 35 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
38.7%
NV avg 45.8% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
28.1%
NV avg 35.6% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.7% | 28.1% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 25.6% |
% 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
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 C. C. Meneley Elementary School
C. C. Meneley Elementary School's state test result (33.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. C. Meneley Elementary School this school | 363 | 40.2% | 33.9% |
| Michael Inskeep Elementary School RENO | 451 | 39.7% | 35.1% |
| Jesse Hall Elementary School SPARKS | 480 | 38.5% | 41.0% |
| Battle Mountain Elementary School Battle Mountain | 432 | 46.3% | 25.6% |
| G. L. Scarselli Elementary School Gardnerville | 305 | 39.3% | 38.2% |
| Jacks Valley Elementary School Carson City | 364 | 44.0% | 31.1% |
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 C. C. Meneley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #186 of 367 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #265 of 388 ▼ 1 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #227 of 390 ▲ 10 | #6 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #322 of 442 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #158 of 379 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #236 of 381 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.2% | #336 of 386 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.7% | #161 of 304 | #3 of 6 |
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
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 661
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 22.5 | 16.1:1 | 40% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 23.5 | 15.9:1 | 43% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 24 | 17.2:1 | 41% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 27 | 12.9:1 | 43% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 458 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 51% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 30 | 15.6:1 | 58% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 550 | 31 | 17.7:1 | 51% (282) |
| 2000-01 | 653 | 35 | 18.7:1 | 37% (239) |
| 1990-91 | 661 | 29 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for C. C. Meneley Elementary School.
About C. C. Meneley Elementary School
C. C. Meneley Elementary School is an elementary school in Gardnerville, Nevada, and it is part of Douglas. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 363 students. Enrollment is 24% lower than the average for elementary schools in Nevada, which is about 480.
Douglas has 4,927 students spread across 15 schools.
C. C. Meneley Elementary School's enrollment is 59% White. Enrollment also includes 28% Hispanic, 8% Native American, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Douglas County, the White share is about 80%. The chance that two students picked at random at C. C. Meneley Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
Teachers at C. C. Meneley Elementary School total 22.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Nevada average 18.1:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 40%.
C. C. Meneley Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 33% of Nevada public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Nevada, C. C. Meneley Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 33.9% actual against a predicted 45.9%.
Douglas County has these Census figures: median household income is about $90,754, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The public schools of Douglas County number 16 and enroll about 4,927.
Nearest public school: Pau Wa Lu Middle School, about 1.1 miles away. The five-mile area around C. C. Meneley Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. C. C. Meneley Elementary School ranks 5th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 33.9% against a local average of 37.3%.
Under the NCES locale system, C. C. Meneley Elementary School is Town: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, C. C. Meneley Elementary School went from 348 students to 363. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.9:1 to 16.1:1 over the same years.
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
49,623
Census ACS
Median income
$90,754
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,927 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas
- Douglas High SchoolHigh · 1,510 students
- Carson Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Pau Wa Lu Middle SchoolMiddle · 460 students
- Minden Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Jacks Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- G. L. Scarselli Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
Other schools in Gardnerville
- Carson Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Pau Wa Lu Middle SchoolMiddle · 460 students
- G. L. Scarselli Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Gardnerville Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
- Jacobsen High SchoolHigh · 24 students
Nearby schools
- Pau Wa Lu Middle School1.1 mi · 460
- G. L. Scarselli Elementary School1.1 mi · 305
- Gardnerville Elementary School2.7 mi · 300
- Carson Valley Middle School3.1 mi · 591
- ALT School3.9 mi · 4
- Douglas Nevada Online3.9 mi · 5
Frequently asked questions
About C. C. Meneley Elementary SchoolHow many students attend C. C. Meneley Elementary School?
C. C. Meneley Elementary School enrolls approximately 363 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does C. C. Meneley Elementary School serve?
C. C. Meneley Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does C. C. Meneley Elementary School have?
C. C. Meneley Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at C. C. Meneley Elementary School?
At C. C. Meneley Elementary School, the student body is approximately 59% White, 28% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees C. C. Meneley Elementary School?
C. C. Meneley Elementary School is overseen by Douglas in Douglas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.