ELMCREST ELEMENTARY

ELMCREST ELEMENTARY is a cozy elementary school in RENO, Nevada, overseen by Washoe County. The school caters to 287 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 40% below typical.

Washoe County comprises 113 schools with combined enrollment of 63,412 students; ELMCREST ELEMENTARY is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ELMCREST ELEMENTARY reports that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 39% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Washoe County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at ELMCREST ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Washoe County (around 56%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, ELMCREST ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 36.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Washoe County shows median household earnings sit near $88,096, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. ELMCREST ELEMENTARY is one of 127 public schools in Washoe County (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students).

The closest other public school is ARCHIE CLAYTON PRE-A.P. ACADEMY, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ELMCREST ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ELMCREST ELEMENTARY at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 43.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ELMCREST ELEMENTARY has shrank 31%, going from 414 students in 2018 to 287 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 41% to 45% over that span.

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