Total enrollment
63,412
-1,576 (-2%) vs SY 2020-21
119 schools in Washoe County
Nevada · 63,959 students · 9 cities
119 public K-12 schools sit under Washoe County in Nevada, serving roughly 63,959 students (77 elementary, 18 middle, and 18 high).
4-year change in Washoe County
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
113
+2 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Washoe County ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Nevada | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 63,959 | #3 of 15 | #60 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 114 | #2 of 15 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #11 of 15 | #8,350 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 57.9% | #10 of 15 | #3,103 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #3 of 12 | #1,139 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Washoe County
State test results across the district's 78 scored schools run from Caughlin Ranch Elementary at 73.6% proficient to Echo Loder Elementary School at 12.3%, a gap of 61.3 points. That is the 2nd widest gap among 8 Nevada districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Washoe County
Washoe County is an expansive Nevada school district running 119 schools with combined enrollment near 63,959.
On the level-by-level breakdown, Washoe County is built around 77 elementary, 18 middle, 18 high schools, and 5 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 537 in this district, meaningfully below the Nevada typical of 645.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment stayed largely flat: 64,988 students in SY 2020-21 versus 63,412 in SY 2024-25. The school count climbed from 111 to 113 across the same 4-year window.
On this page, the community for Washoe County discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.