HIDDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY

HIDDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY operates as a close-knit elementary school in RENO, Nevada, one of the schools within Washoe County. Current enrollment sits at 222 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 54% leaner than typical.

Washoe County comprises 113 schools with combined enrollment of 63,412 students; HIDDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY is among them.

On the student-mix side, HIDDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY shows that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 40% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, 5% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Washoe County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HIDDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 38.3%, a residual of +5.7 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Washoe County shows median household earnings sit near $88,096, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Washoe County's 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students), HIDDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

EDWIN S. DODSON ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HIDDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HIDDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 24.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HIDDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY has fell 42%, going from 384 students in 2018 to 222 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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