DONNER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY

DONNER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY operates as an average-sized elementary campus in RENO, Nevada, overseen by Washoe County. Current enrollment sits at 414 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Washoe County runs 113 schools in total, collectively educating 63,412 students. DONNER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, DONNER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY logs that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 26% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Washoe County's rate of about 56%.

With demographic context factored in, DONNER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 24.0%, a residual of -8.6 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Washoe County indicate the typical household earns roughly $88,096 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Washoe County's 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students), DONNER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: EDWIN S. DODSON ELEMENTARY, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DONNER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DONNER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 36.2%.

DONNER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DONNER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY has declined 36%, going from 645 students in 2018 to 414 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 36% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.