KATE SMITH ELEMENTARY

Located at 1925 F STREET, in SPARKS, Nevada, KATE SMITH ELEMENTARY is a rural-scale elementary campus that serves 186 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Washoe County. By comparison, Nevada's public schools average about 480 students each, so KATE SMITH ELEMENTARY sits 61% below that benchmark.

Washoe County runs 113 schools in total, collectively educating 63,412 students. KATE SMITH ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, KATE SMITH ELEMENTARY lists that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 14% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander, 2% Black. By comparison, Washoe County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Washoe County's rate of about 56%.

With demographic context factored in, KATE SMITH 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 33.9%, a residual of +1.3 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Washoe County put median household earnings sit near $88,096, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Washoe County's 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students), KATE SMITH ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

SPARKS HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KATE SMITH ELEMENTARY at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 27.5%.

KATE SMITH ELEMENTARY operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KATE SMITH ELEMENTARY has decreased 40%, going from 311 students in 2018 to 186 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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