FRED W. TRANER MIDDLE SCHOOL

FRED W. TRANER MIDDLE SCHOOL, an intimate junior high in RENO, Nevada, operated by Washoe County, serves 530 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 31% smaller than the typical public school in Nevada, which averages around 767 students.

Across the 113 schools in Washoe County (63,412 students total), FRED W. TRANER MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, FRED W. TRANER MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school lists 12% White, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Washoe County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, FRED W. TRANER MIDDLE SCHOOL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. The state averages around 22.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Washoe County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FRED W. TRANER MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 32.5%; this one comes in at 13.0%, -19.5 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Washoe County indicate median household income runs about $88,096, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FRED W. TRANER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 127 public schools in Washoe County (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students).

GLENN DUNCAN S.T.E.M. ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, FRED W. TRANER MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 31.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FRED W. TRANER MIDDLE SCHOOL has fell 34%, going from 802 students in 2018 to 530 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 74% to 68% across the same window.

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