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How has DONNER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
414
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHOE COUNTY·NCES 320048000452
Donner Springs Elementary
5125 Escuela Way, RENO, NV 89502 · (775) 689-2626 · Washoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Nevada public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
414 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
64%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
23.6%
NV avg 45.8% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
19.0%
NV avg 35.6% . -6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.6% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.5% | 25.8% |
% 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
24.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Donner Springs Elementary
Donner Springs Elementary's state test result (24.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donner Springs Elementary this school | 414 | 100.0% | 24.0% |
| Desert Heights Elementary RENO | 474 | 100.0% | 22.4% |
| Libby Booth Elementary RENO | 321 | 100.0% | 18.9% |
| Katherine Dunn Elementary SPARKS | 462 | 99.8% | 33.9% |
| Alice Smith Elementary RENO | 512 | 100.0% | 22.9% |
| Smith Helen M Elementary School Las Vegas | 452 | 100.0% | 41.0% |
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 Donner Springs Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Washoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #298 of 367 | #48 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #357 of 388 ▼ 94 | #69 of 75 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #358 of 390 ▼ 51 | #69 of 76 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #289 of 442 | #38 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #72 of 379 | #9 of 73 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #163 of 381 | #16 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #307 of 386 | #32 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.8% | #40 of 304 | #15 of 64 |
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
414
-43 (-9%) vs 2020
-50% since 2000-01, when it was 832
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 414 | 28.2 | 14.7:1 | 100% (414) |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 25 | 18.8:1 | 100% (470) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 27.6 | 16.2:1 | 100% (448) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 48% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 37.5 | 17.2:1 | 53% (341) |
| 2015-16 | 690 | 38 | 18.2:1 | 59% (406) |
| 2010-11 | 627 | 35 | 17.9:1 | 60% (379) |
| 2000-01 | 832 | 38 | 21.9:1 | 38% (314) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Donner Springs Elementary.
About Donner Springs Elementary
Donner Springs Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in RENO, Nevada. The school counts 414 students across pre-K through 5.
The 114 schools of Washoe County, including Donner Springs Elementary, enroll 63,959 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Donner Springs Elementary, at 53%. The remaining shares are 26% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Washoe County's population at about 26%. Donner Springs Elementary's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Donner Springs Elementary was 14.7:1. On average, elementary schools in Nevada have 18.1:1, compared with 14.7:1 here. Donner Springs Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 100%. The 56% average for public schools in Washoe County is 44 points lower.
allk12 grades Donner Springs Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with Nevada public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Donner Springs Elementary scores 24.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 32.5%.
Census estimates describe Washoe County this way: the median household income is $88,096, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Washoe County has 127 public schools and roughly 68,279 students.
The closest public school to Donner Springs Elementary is Edwin S. Dodson Elementary, about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Donner Springs Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Donner Springs Elementary is City: Large.
Enrollment at Donner Springs Elementary declined 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 457 to 414 students.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Washoe County
- North Valleys High SchoolHigh · 2,307 students
- Spanish Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,131 students
- Edward C. Reed High SchoolHigh · 2,092 students
- Procter R. Hug High SchoolHigh · 2,008 students
- 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
- Edwin S. Dodson Elementary1.0 mi · 241
- North Star Online School1.7 mi · 575
- Edward L. Pine Middle School2.0 mi · 740
- Kendyl Depoali Middle School2.0 mi · 921
- Mariposa Language and Learning Academy2.0 mi · 210
- Coral Academy Elementary-South2.0 mi · 521
Frequently asked questions
About Donner Springs ElementaryHow many students attend Donner Springs Elementary?
Donner Springs Elementary enrolls approximately 414 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Donner Springs Elementary serve?
Donner Springs Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Donner Springs Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Donner Springs Elementary is approximately 14.7:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Donner Springs Elementary?
At Donner Springs Elementary, the student body is approximately 26% White, 53% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Donner Springs Elementary?
Donner Springs Elementary is overseen by Washoe County in Washoe County.
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