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GRACE WARNER ELEMENTARY
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About GRACE WARNER ELEMENTARY
Located at 3075 Heights Drive, in RENO, Nevada, GRACE WARNER ELEMENTARY is a compact primary school that enrolls 369 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Washoe County. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in Nevada, which averages around 480 students.
Washoe County comprises 113 schools with combined enrollment of 63,412 students; GRACE WARNER ELEMENTARY is among them.
On demographics, GRACE WARNER ELEMENTARY records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 34% White, 8% multiracial, 6% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Washoe County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, GRACE WARNER ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.6%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Washoe County put 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 GRACE WARNER ELEMENTARY is one.
Coral Academy Elementary-Northwest is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GRACE WARNER ELEMENTARY. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GRACE WARNER ELEMENTARY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 47.1%.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.
Five-year trend. GRACE WARNER ELEMENTARY's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 409 (now 369). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 38% to 49%. Class-load math has rose: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 in 2025.
On the community side, the feed for GRACE WARNER ELEMENTARY typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Washoe County at a glance
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