KATHERINE DUNN ELEMENTARY

KATHERINE DUNN ELEMENTARY is a primary school of moderately sized scale in SPARKS, Nevada, one of the schools within Washoe County, teacheing 462 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

On demographics, KATHERINE DUNN ELEMENTARY logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 31% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the resource side, KATHERINE DUNN ELEMENTARY records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. The state averages about 18.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Washoe County (around 56%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, KATHERINE DUNN ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.6%, the actual is 33.9%, a residual of +1.3 points.

Across the wider county, Washoe County reports that median household income runs about $88,096, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Washoe County runs 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students), of which KATHERINE DUNN ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: Alpine Academy High School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KATHERINE DUNN ELEMENTARY. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KATHERINE DUNN ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 29.9%.

KATHERINE DUNN ELEMENTARY operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 550 students in 2018 compared to 462 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for KATHERINE DUNN ELEMENTARY typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.