Enrollment
300
Elementary
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS·NCES 320009000121
Gardnerville Elementary School
1290 Toler Avenue, Gardnerville, NV 89410 · (775) 782-5117 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
148 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
56%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
48.7%
NV avg 45.8% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
38.4%
NV avg 35.6% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.7% | 38.4% |
| 2023-24 | 52.3% | 43.4% |
% 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
45.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Gardnerville Elementary School
Gardnerville Elementary School's state test result (45.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardnerville Elementary School this school | 300 | 49.3% | 45.7% |
| Jacks Valley Elementary School Carson City | 364 | 44.0% | 31.1% |
| Battle Mountain Elementary School Battle Mountain | 432 | 46.3% | 25.6% |
| C. C. Meneley Elementary School Gardnerville | 363 | 40.2% | 33.9% |
| G. L. Scarselli Elementary School Gardnerville | 305 | 39.3% | 38.2% |
| Michael Inskeep Elementary School RENO | 451 | 39.7% | 35.1% |
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 Gardnerville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #82 of 367 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #175 of 388 ▼ 51 | #5 of 7 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #155 of 390 ▼ 44 | #4 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #356 of 442 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #186 of 379 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #246 of 381 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.3% | #326 of 386 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #143 of 304 | #2 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
300
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 526
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 300 | 18 | 16.7:1 | 49% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 19.5 | 16.1:1 | 43% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 22 | 17.0:1 | 35% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 296 | 24 | 12.3:1 | 39% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 26 | 14.9:1 | 35% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 21 | 21.9:1 | 42% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 27 | 19.7:1 | 41% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 639 | 33 | 19.4:1 | 36% (227) |
| 1990-91 | 526 | 27 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gardnerville Elementary School.
About Gardnerville Elementary School
Gardnerville Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Gardnerville, Nevada. It teaches 300 students in pre-K through 5. It has 38% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Nevada (about 480).
Gardnerville Elementary School is one school in a 15-school district, Douglas, which enrolls 4,927 students.
White students are 59% of those enrolled at Gardnerville Elementary School. Other reported shares: 29% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 80% White among all Douglas County residents. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at Gardnerville Elementary School are from different groups.
A staff of 18 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Nevada, 18.1:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 49%. Compared with the 34% average for public schools in Douglas County, the school's rate is higher.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Gardnerville Elementary School is 1.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 45.7%. Predicted: 43.9%.
The school's county is Douglas County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $90,754, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 16 public schools in the county, enrolling about 4,927, Gardnerville Elementary School among them.
Carson Valley Middle School sits about 0.5 miles from Gardnerville Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Gardnerville Elementary School is 1st on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Gardnerville Elementary School the locale Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (296) and 2024-25 (300). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.7:1, from 12.3:1.
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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
- G. L. Scarselli Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Jacobsen High SchoolHigh · 24 students
Nearby schools
- Carson Valley Middle School0.5 mi · 591
- Douglas Nevada Online1.5 mi · 5
- ASPIRE Academy High School1.5 mi · 82
- ALT School1.5 mi · 4
- Minden Elementary School1.8 mi · 371
- Douglas High School2.4 mi · 1,510
Frequently asked questions
About Gardnerville Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gardnerville Elementary School?
Gardnerville Elementary School enrolls approximately 300 students in grades PK-05.
Is Gardnerville Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gardnerville Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Gardnerville Elementary School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Gardnerville Elementary School.
How diverse is Gardnerville Elementary School?
Gardnerville Elementary School reports a student body of 59% White, 29% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Gardnerville Elementary School in?
Gardnerville Elementary School is part of Douglas.
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