JESSE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

JESSE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in SPARKS, Nevada, one of the schools within Washoe County, with 480 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

JESSE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 113 schools operated by Washoe County, a district that works with 63,412 students overall.

In terms of who attends, JESSE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 10% Native American, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Washoe County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, JESSE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.9:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Washoe County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, JESSE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.3%; this one delivers 41.0%.

Across the wider county, Washoe County reports that median household earnings sit near $88,096, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Washoe County runs 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students), of which JESSE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is YVONNE SHAW MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JESSE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. JESSE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 26% since 2018, when it stood at 647 (now 480). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 17% to 24%. Class-load math has grew: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 in 2025.

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