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Enrollment
1,027
Middle
DISTRICT 769 · STATE 767
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHOE COUNTY·NCES 320048000206
Darrel Swope Middle School
901 Keele Drive, RENO, NV 89509 · (775) 333-5330 · Washoe County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,027 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Nevada public middle schools
- ATest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
27.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
287 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 361 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 364 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 302 | 29% |
Student demographics
56%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
57.6%
NV avg 45.8% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
47.7%
NV avg 35.6% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 down about 1 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.6% | 47.7% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 48.7% |
% 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% 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 →
Schools most like Darrel Swope Middle School
Darrel Swope Middle School's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darrel Swope Middle School this school | 1,027 | 27.9% | 52.6% |
| Billinghurst Middle School RENO | 993 | 25.9% | 48.4% |
| Kendyl Depoali Middle School RENO | 921 | 26.3% | 52.7% |
| Sky Ranch Middle School SPARKS | 1,206 | 22.6% | 49.6% |
| Yvonne Shaw Middle School SPARKS | 785 | 26.2% | 43.4% |
| Carson Valley Middle School Gardnerville | 591 | 29.3% | 36.9% |
Matched among Nevada middle 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 Darrel Swope Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Washoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #13 of 94 | #3 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #10 of 98 ▼ 2 | #3 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #17 of 98 ▼ 3 | #4 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,027 | #39 of 113 | #3 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.8:1 | #91 of 94 | #16 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #58 of 94 | #10 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.9% | #87 of 95 | #10 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.7% | #4 of 21 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,027
+352 (+52%) vs 2020
+61% since 1990-91, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
27.8:1
was 25.0:1
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 | 1,027 | 37 | 27.8:1 | 28% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 998 | 36 | 27.7:1 | 27% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 946 | 35.1 | 26.9:1 | 25% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 675 | 27 | 25.0:1 | 29% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 780 | 27 | 28.9:1 | 21% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 733 | 26 | 28.2:1 | 22% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 709 | 34 | 20.9:1 | 28% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 795 | 36 | 22.1:1 | 16% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 637 | 28 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Darrel Swope Middle School.
About Darrel Swope Middle School
The public middle school Darrel Swope Middle School is located in RENO, Nevada. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 1,027 students on the rolls. Middle schools in Nevada average about 767 students, which makes this school 34% larger than average.
Washoe County counts 63,959 students in its 114 schools, and Darrel Swope Middle School is one of them.
The share of White students at Darrel Swope Middle School is 62%, a majority. Other students are 23% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Census estimates put Washoe County at about 63% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at Darrel Swope Middle School are from different groups.
Darrel Swope Middle School lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 27.8 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Nevada is 22.4:1. About 28% of students at Darrel Swope Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 56% average for public schools in Washoe County is 28 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Darrel Swope Middle School lands at A, ahead of 85% of Nevada public middle schools.
Compared with Nevada schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Darrel Swope Middle School's results are 4.0 points above predicted: 52.6% against 48.7%.
In the surrounding county, Washoe County, the median household earns about $88,096 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Darrel Swope Middle School, Washoe County has 127 public schools.
Hunter Lake Elementary, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Darrel Swope Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Darrel Swope Middle School is 4th of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment records show 675 in 2020-21 and 1,027 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 27.8:1, from 25.0:1.
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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
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- 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
- Hunter Lake Elementary0.6 mi · 319
- Roy Gomm Elementary0.8 mi · 407
- Turning Point0.8 mi · 14
- enCompass Academy0.8 mi · 153
- Reno High School1.1 mi · 1,741
- Jessie Beck Elementary1.2 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About Darrel Swope Middle SchoolHow many students attend Darrel Swope Middle School?
Darrel Swope Middle School enrolls approximately 1,027 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Darrel Swope Middle School serve?
Darrel Swope Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Darrel Swope Middle School?
Approximately 27.8:1 students per teacher at Darrel Swope Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Darrel Swope Middle School?
At Darrel Swope Middle School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 23% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Darrel Swope Middle School in?
Darrel Swope Middle School is part of Washoe County.
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