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Enrollment
921
Middle
DISTRICT 769 · STATE 767
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHOE COUNTY·NCES 320048000678
Kendyl Depoali Middle School
9300 WILBUR MAY PARKWAY, RENO, NV 89521 · (775) 852-6700 · Washoe County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL921 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Nevada public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nevada public middle schools
Student : Teacher
25.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
242 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 85%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 322 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 282 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 317 | 34% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
57.9%
NV avg 45.8% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
43.6%
NV avg 35.6% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 2 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.9% | 43.6% |
| 2023-24 | 54.8% | 45.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Kendyl Depoali Middle School
Kendyl Depoali Middle School's state test result (52.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kendyl Depoali Middle School this school | 921 | 26.3% | 52.7% |
| Billinghurst Middle School RENO | 993 | 25.9% | 48.4% |
| Sky Ranch Middle School SPARKS | 1,206 | 22.6% | 49.6% |
| Darrel Swope Middle School RENO | 1,027 | 27.9% | 52.6% |
| Yvonne Shaw Middle School SPARKS | 785 | 26.2% | 43.4% |
| Carson Valley Middle School Gardnerville | 591 | 29.3% | 36.9% |
Matched among Nevada middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Kendyl Depoali Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Washoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #12 of 94 | #2 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #18 of 98 ▼ 7 | #4 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #16 of 98 ▼ 1 | #3 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 921 | #50 of 113 | #7 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.6:1 | #86 of 94 | #14 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #37 of 94 | #4 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.3% | #89 of 95 | #12 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #16 of 68 | #5 of 11 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
921
+4 (+0%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 1,154
Student : Teacher
25.6:1
was 15.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 921 | 36 | 25.6:1 | 26% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 870 | 37 | 23.5:1 | 20% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 834 | 37 | 22.5:1 | 22% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 917 | 58 | 15.8:1 | 18% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 1,228 | 55.8 | 22.0:1 | 18% (222) |
| 2015-16 | 1,189 | 51 | 23.3:1 | 19% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 1,154 | 50 | 23.1:1 | 25% (293) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kendyl Depoali Middle School.
About Kendyl Depoali Middle School
Kendyl Depoali Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school with an address in RENO, Nevada. It serves 921 students in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in Nevada is roughly 767 students; this school is 20% bigger than that.
Kendyl Depoali Middle School is in Washoe County, a district with 63,959 students across 114 schools.
Kendyl Depoali Middle School is 51% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 28% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 3% Black. County-wide, 63% of Washoe County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 36 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 25.6:1. That is higher than the 22.4:1 average for middle schools in Nevada. Eligible students account for 26% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Washoe County, the average is 56%.
The allk12 Grade for Kendyl Depoali Middle School is A-. Compared with Nevada public middle schools, the school scored higher than 84% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Kendyl Depoali Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Nevada is predicted to score 49.0%. Kendyl Depoali Middle School scores 52.7%, 3.7 points above that line.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Washoe County show that the median household income is $88,096, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kendyl Depoali Middle School is one of 127 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Nick Poulakidas Elementary School, at about 0.7 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 4 closest schools with test data, this one included, Kendyl Depoali Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 917 students in 2020-21 and 921 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.8:1 in 2020-21 to 25.6:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Kendyl Depoali Middle School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Washoe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
497,200
Census ACS
Median income
$88,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
127
68,279 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washoe County
- North Valleys High SchoolHigh · 2,307 students
- Spanish Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,131 students
- Edward C. Reed High SchoolHigh · 2,092 students
- Procter R. Hug High SchoolHigh · 2,008 students
- Reno High SchoolHigh · 1,741 students
- Damonte Ranch High SchoolHigh · 1,738 students
Other schools in RENO
- North Valleys High SchoolHigh · 2,307 students
- Reno High SchoolHigh · 1,741 students
- Damonte Ranch High SchoolHigh · 1,738 students
- Robert McQueen High SchoolHigh · 1,727 students
- Galena High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
- Earl Wooster High SchoolHigh · 1,338 students
Nearby schools
- Nick Poulakidas Elementary School0.7 mi · 487
- Double Diamond Elementary0.8 mi · 444
- Nevada Connections Academy1.6 mi · 1,054
- Donner Springs Elementary2.0 mi · 414
- Damonte Ranch High School2.0 mi · 1,738
- Jwood Raw Elementary School2.1 mi · 602
Frequently asked questions
About Kendyl Depoali Middle SchoolHow many students attend Kendyl Depoali Middle School?
Kendyl Depoali Middle School enrolls approximately 921 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Kendyl Depoali Middle School serve?
Kendyl Depoali Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Kendyl Depoali Middle School have?
Kendyl Depoali Middle School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Kendyl Depoali Middle School?
Student demographics at Kendyl Depoali Middle School are roughly 51% White, 28% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Kendyl Depoali Middle School public or private?
Kendyl Depoali Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Washoe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.