ESTHER BENNETT ELEMENTARY

Located at 5900 Sidehill Drive, in SPARKS, Nevada, ESTHER BENNETT ELEMENTARY is a mid-tier primary school that serves 529 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Washoe County.

Across the 113 schools in Washoe County (63,412 students total), ESTHER BENNETT ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, ESTHER BENNETT ELEMENTARY records that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 20% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Washoe County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ESTHER BENNETT ELEMENTARY has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Washoe County (around 56%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, ESTHER BENNETT ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.6%; this one delivers 24.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Washoe County indicate median household income runs about $88,096, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Washoe County runs 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students), of which ESTHER BENNETT ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: SUN VALLEY ELEMENTARY, around 1.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ESTHER BENNETT ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 23.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. ESTHER BENNETT ELEMENTARY's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 536 (now 529). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 58% to 73%.

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