Enrollment
305
Elementary
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS·NCES 320009000347
G. L. Scarselli Elementary School
699 Long Valley Rd, Gardnerville, NV 89460 · (775) 265-2222 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Nevada public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
120 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 85%
Community
0
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 | 2 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
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Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
53.0%
NV avg 45.8% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
44.2%
NV avg 35.6% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 44.2% |
| 2023-24 | 47.4% | 41.7% |
% 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
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 G. L. Scarselli Elementary School
G. L. Scarselli Elementary School's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| G. L. Scarselli Elementary School this school | 305 | 39.3% | 38.2% |
| Sage Elementary School Spring Creek | 413 | 40.9% | 29.8% |
| C. C. Meneley Elementary School Gardnerville | 363 | 40.2% | 33.9% |
| Minden Elementary School Minden | 371 | 32.1% | 37.0% |
| Michael Inskeep Elementary School RENO | 451 | 39.7% | 35.1% |
| Jesse Hall Elementary School SPARKS | 480 | 38.5% | 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 G. L. Scarselli Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #135 of 367 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #142 of 388 ▼ 11 | #4 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #123 of 390 ▲ 13 | #3 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #352 of 442 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #177 of 379 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.0% | #308 of 381 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.3% | #338 of 386 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.1% | #90 of 304 | #1 of 6 |
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
305
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 763
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 305 | 18.5 | 16.5:1 | 39% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 39% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 368 | 20 | 18.4:1 | 34% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 307 | 24 | 12.8:1 | 40% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 23 | 18.4:1 | 34% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 453 | 27 | 16.8:1 | 43% (194) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | 29 | 19.8:1 | 43% (244) |
| 2000-01 | 583 | 35 | 16.7:1 | 26% (152) |
| 1990-91 | 763 | 38 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for G. L. Scarselli Elementary School.
About G. L. Scarselli Elementary School
G. L. Scarselli Elementary School is a small elementary school in Douglas, located in Gardnerville, Nevada. Enrolled students number 305 students, in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 36% lower than the average for elementary schools in Nevada, which is about 480.
The Douglas system has 15 schools and 4,927 students.
At G. L. Scarselli Elementary School, White students make up 70% of the student body. Next come 22% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 80% White. The school's diversity index is 45%, meaning two students picked at random have a 45% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 18.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Nevada have 18.1:1, compared with 16.5:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 39% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Nevada public elementary schools, G. L. Scarselli Elementary School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for G. L. Scarselli Elementary School is 46.1%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 38.2%.
County data help place the school in context: in Douglas County, the median household income is $90,754, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. In all, Douglas County has 16 public schools and roughly 4,927 students.
The closest public school to G. L. Scarselli Elementary School is Pau Wa Lu Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, G. L. Scarselli Elementary School is ahead of the 36.5% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 6.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 305, starting from 307. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.5:1) than in 2020-21 (12.8:1).
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
49,623
Census ACS
Median income
$90,754
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,927 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas
- Douglas High SchoolHigh · 1,510 students
- Carson Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Pau Wa Lu Middle SchoolMiddle · 460 students
- Minden Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Jacks Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- C. C. Meneley Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
Other schools in Gardnerville
- Carson Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Pau Wa Lu Middle SchoolMiddle · 460 students
- C. C. Meneley Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
- Gardnerville Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
- Jacobsen High SchoolHigh · 24 students
Nearby schools
- Pau Wa Lu Middle School0.1 mi · 460
- C. C. Meneley Elementary School1.1 mi · 363
- Gardnerville Elementary School3.8 mi · 300
- Carson Valley Middle School4.2 mi · 591
- Douglas Nevada Online5.0 mi · 5
- ALT School5.0 mi · 4
Frequently asked questions
About G. L. Scarselli Elementary SchoolHow large is G. L. Scarselli Elementary School?
G. L. Scarselli Elementary School enrolls approximately 305 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does G. L. Scarselli Elementary School serve?
G. L. Scarselli Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at G. L. Scarselli Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at G. L. Scarselli Elementary School is approximately 16.5:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at G. L. Scarselli Elementary School?
At G. L. Scarselli Elementary School, the student body is approximately 70% White, 22% Hispanic, 0% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is G. L. Scarselli Elementary School public or private?
G. L. Scarselli Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Douglas.
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