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What's the most underrated thing about GEORGE WESTERGARD ELEMENTARY that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
461
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHOE COUNTY·NCES 320048000368
George Westergard Elementary
1785 Ambassador Drive, RENO, NV 89523 · (775) 746-5800 · Washoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Nevada public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
17.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
130 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 85%
Community
1
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 | 12 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
59.5%
NV avg 45.8% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
59.5%
NV avg 35.6% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.5% | 59.5% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 55.7% |
% 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 George Westergard Elementary
George Westergard Elementary's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Westergard Elementary this school | 461 | 28.2% | 47.0% |
| Brown Elementary RENO | 514 | 27.4% | 46.9% |
| High Desert Montessori RENO | 529 | 25.5% | 26.8% |
| Bud Beasley Elementary SPARKS | 571 | 31.2% | 48.8% |
| Elko Institute for Academic Achievement Elko | 398 | 28.6% | 56.6% |
| Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages RENO | 420 | 24.3% | 72.5% |
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 George Westergard Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Washoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #73 of 367 | #21 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #53 of 388 ▲ 7 | #16 of 75 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #85 of 390 ▼ 21 | #18 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #252 of 442 | #31 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #250 of 379 | #38 of 73 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #225 of 381 | #38 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.2% | #351 of 386 | #46 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.5% | #57 of 304 | #19 of 64 |
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
461
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 574
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 461 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 28% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 20% (92) |
| 2022-23 | 482 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 22% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 477 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 19% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 683 | 36 | 19.0:1 | 16% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 31 | 21.0:1 | 20% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 28 | 21.5:1 | 17% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 701 | 33 | 21.2:1 | 6% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 574 | 25 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for George Westergard Elementary.
About George Westergard Elementary
A medium-sized elementary school in RENO, Nevada, George Westergard Elementary is part of Washoe County. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 461 students enrolled.
Washoe County is made up of 114 schools with 63,959 students in all.
White students are the majority at George Westergard Elementary, with 58% of enrollment. It is also 27% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. George Westergard Elementary's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at George Westergard Elementary total 26 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.7:1. That matches the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada fairly closely. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 28%. The average for public schools in Washoe County is 56%.
Measured against Nevada public elementary schools, George Westergard Elementary 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.
George Westergard Elementary is 1.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (47.0% versus 48.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Nevada.
In the county around the school, Washoe County, the median household income is $88,096, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 127 public schools in Washoe County, enrolling about 68,279 students in all.
Billinghurst Middle School is the public school closest to George Westergard Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, George Westergard Elementary ranks 5th of 6 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for George Westergard Elementary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 3% from its 2020-21 level of 477. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.4:1 to 17.7:1 over the same years.
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Washoe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
497,200
Census ACS
Median income
$88,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
127
68,279 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washoe County
- North Valleys High SchoolHigh · 2,307 students
- Spanish Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,131 students
- Edward C. Reed High SchoolHigh · 2,092 students
- Procter R. Hug High SchoolHigh · 2,008 students
- Reno High SchoolHigh · 1,741 students
- Damonte Ranch High SchoolHigh · 1,738 students
Other schools in RENO
- North Valleys High SchoolHigh · 2,307 students
- Reno High SchoolHigh · 1,741 students
- Damonte Ranch High SchoolHigh · 1,738 students
- Robert McQueen High SchoolHigh · 1,727 students
- Galena High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
- Earl Wooster High SchoolHigh · 1,338 students
Nearby schools
- Billinghurst Middle School0.4 mi · 993
- Robert McQueen High School0.7 mi · 1,727
- Sarah Winnemucca Elementary0.8 mi · 496
- Rollan Melton Elementary1.3 mi · 477
- Coral Academy Elementary-Northwest1.8 mi · 232
- Grace Warner Elementary2.0 mi · 369
Frequently asked questions
About George Westergard ElementaryHow large is George Westergard Elementary?
George Westergard Elementary enrolls approximately 461 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does George Westergard Elementary serve?
George Westergard Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at George Westergard Elementary?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at George Westergard Elementary.
How diverse is George Westergard Elementary?
George Westergard Elementary reports a student body of 58% White, 27% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees George Westergard Elementary?
George Westergard Elementary is overseen by Washoe County in Washoe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.