DOROTHY LEMELSON S.T.E.M. ACADEMY ES

DOROTHY LEMELSON S.T.E.M. ACADEMY ES, a low-enrollment elementary school in RENO, Nevada, operated by Washoe County, instructs 253 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 47% below the typical public school in Nevada, which averages around 480 students.

Washoe County comprises 113 schools with combined enrollment of 63,412 students; DOROTHY LEMELSON S.T.E.M. ACADEMY ES is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DOROTHY LEMELSON S.T.E.M. ACADEMY ES reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%; the rest breaks down as 15% White, 10% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting DOROTHY LEMELSON S.T.E.M. ACADEMY ES tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Washoe County (around 56%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DOROTHY LEMELSON S.T.E.M. ACADEMY ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 21.4%, a residual of -11.2 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Washoe County put median household earnings sit near $88,096, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. DOROTHY LEMELSON S.T.E.M. ACADEMY ES is one of 127 public schools in Washoe County (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students).

The closest other public school is Coral Academy Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DOROTHY LEMELSON S.T.E.M. ACADEMY ES at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 33.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. DOROTHY LEMELSON S.T.E.M. ACADEMY ES's enrollment has contracted 40% since 2018, when it stood at 419 (now 253). Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 5% to 10%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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