LEMMON VALLEY ELEMENTARY

LEMMON VALLEY ELEMENTARY is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in RENO, Nevada, operated by Washoe County, educateing 635 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 32% larger than the state mean of about 480.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, LEMMON VALLEY ELEMENTARY reports that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 27% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Washoe County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at LEMMON VALLEY ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Washoe County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LEMMON VALLEY 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 20.0%, a residual of -12.5 points.

In the broader community, census data for Washoe County shows median household earnings sit near $88,096, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. LEMMON VALLEY ELEMENTARY is one of 127 public schools in Washoe County (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students).

The closest other public school is Sierra Nevada Academy Charter, roughly 2.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LEMMON VALLEY ELEMENTARY comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 21.0%.

LEMMON VALLEY ELEMENTARY operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 620 students in 2018 compared to 635 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 27% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, the feed for LEMMON VALLEY ELEMENTARY typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.