COLD SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a compact junior high in RENO, Nevada, COLD SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL educates 612 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Washoe County. By comparison, Nevada's public schools average about 767 students each, so COLD SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 20% leaner than that benchmark.

Washoe County comprises 113 schools with combined enrollment of 63,412 students; COLD SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, COLD SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, COLD SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.4:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Washoe County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, COLD SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 23.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Washoe County indicate the typical household earns roughly $88,096 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Washoe County's 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students), COLD SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MICHAEL INSKEEP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, COLD SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 24.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 38%: 980 students in 2018 compared to 612 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 59% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 25.9:1 today.

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