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Enrollment
635
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHOE COUNTY·NCES 320048000228
Lemmon Valley Elementary
255 W Patrician Drive, RENO, NV 89506 · (775) 677-5460 · Washoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL635 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
635 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 85%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (132).
Student demographics
60%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
29.3%
NV avg 45.8% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
23.3%
NV avg 35.6% . +9.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.3% | 23.3% |
| 2023-24 | 24.4% | 14.0% |
% 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
20.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Lemmon Valley Elementary
Lemmon Valley Elementary's state test result (20.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemmon Valley Elementary this school | 635 | 100.0% | 20.0% |
| Stead Elementary RENO | 647 | 100.0% | 22.2% |
| Alice Smith Elementary RENO | 512 | 100.0% | 22.9% |
| Katherine Dunn Elementary SPARKS | 462 | 99.8% | 33.9% |
| Desert Heights Elementary RENO | 474 | 100.0% | 22.4% |
| Mark Twain Elementary Carson City | 497 | 100.0% | 26.6% |
Matched among Nevada elementary 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 Lemmon Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Washoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #338 of 367 | #58 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #312 of 388 ▲ 52 | #61 of 75 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #319 of 390 ▲ 14 | #64 of 76 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 635 | #95 of 442 | #6 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #261 of 379 | #42 of 73 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #206 of 381 | #29 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #288 of 386 | #13 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #34 of 46 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
635
+42 (+7%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 638
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 635 | 35.4 | 17.9:1 | 100% (635) |
| 2023-24 | 642 | 35 | 18.3:1 | 100% (642) |
| 2022-23 | 714 | 34.6 | 20.6:1 | 100% (714) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 100% (593) |
| 2017-18 | 620 | 36 | 17.2:1 | 54% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 733 | 36 | 20.4:1 | 60% (440) |
| 2010-11 | 604 | 37 | 16.3:1 | 59% (357) |
| 2000-01 | 559 | 29 | 19.3:1 | 36% (201) |
| 1990-91 | 638 | 30 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lemmon Valley Elementary.
About Lemmon Valley Elementary
Lemmon Valley Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in RENO, Nevada. It enrolls 635 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. The school is 32% above the average for elementary schools in Nevada.
Lemmon Valley Elementary is one school in a 114-school district, Washoe County, which enrolls 63,959 students.
More than half of enrollment at Lemmon Valley Elementary is Hispanic: 57%. Other groups make up 27% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 2% Black. Washoe County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
The school's 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1. It is about the same as the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. At Lemmon Valley Elementary, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Washoe County average 56%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 32.5% at Lemmon Valley Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.0%.
For Washoe County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $88,096 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Washoe County number 127, with about 68,279 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Sierra Nevada Academy Charter, is about 2.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Lemmon Valley Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 7% increase, from 593 to 635. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.8:1 to 17.9:1.
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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
- Sierra Nevada Academy Charter2.4 mi · 251
- Desert Heights Elementary2.4 mi · 474
- William Obrien Middle School2.7 mi · 1,067
- Alice Smith Elementary2.7 mi · 512
- Stead Elementary2.7 mi · 647
- North Valleys High School2.8 mi · 2,307
Frequently asked questions
About Lemmon Valley ElementaryHow many students attend Lemmon Valley Elementary?
Lemmon Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 635 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lemmon Valley Elementary serve?
Lemmon Valley Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lemmon Valley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lemmon Valley Elementary is approximately 17.9:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lemmon Valley Elementary?
At Lemmon Valley Elementary, the student body is approximately 27% White, 57% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Lemmon Valley Elementary?
Lemmon Valley Elementary is overseen by Washoe County in Washoe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.