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Which teacher or staff member at LOIS ALLEN ELEMENTARY deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
478
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHOE COUNTY·NCES 320048000414
Lois Allen Elementary
5155 MCGUFFEY ROAD, SPARKS, NV 89433 · (775) 674-4430 · Washoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL478 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
478 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 | 34 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
45%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
19.5%
NV avg 45.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
16.2%
NV avg 35.6% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.5% | 16.2% |
| 2023-24 | 19.5% | 13.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NV schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Lois Allen Elementary
Lois Allen Elementary's state test result (17.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lois Allen Elementary this school | 478 | 100.0% | 17.1% |
| Virginia Palmer Elementary SPARKS | 419 | 100.0% | 33.6% |
| Smithridge S.t.e.m. Academy RENO | 494 | 99.8% | 33.0% |
| Esther Bennett Elementary SPARKS | 529 | 99.8% | 24.9% |
| Southside Elementary School Elko | 511 | 100.0% | 39.4% |
| Empire Elementary Carson City | 445 | 100.0% | 22.7% |
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 Lois Allen Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Washoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #355 of 367 | #62 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #371 of 388 ▲ 1 | #72 of 75 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #377 of 390 ▼ 11 | #72 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 478 | #234 of 442 | #24 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #248 of 379 | #36 of 73 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.6% | #312 of 381 | #58 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #305 of 386 | #30 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #217 of 304 | #50 of 64 |
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
478
+64 (+15%) vs 2020
-22% since 2000-01, when it was 613
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
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 | 478 | 27 | 17.7:1 | 100% (478) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 23 | 19.4:1 | 100% (446) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | 25.2 | 17.3:1 | 100% (437) |
| 2020-21 | 414 | 28 | 14.8:1 | 100% (414) |
| 2017-18 | 555 | 32.5 | 17.1:1 | 100% (554) |
| 2015-16 | 565 | 33 | 17.1:1 | 95% (535) |
| 2010-11 | 663 | 38 | 17.4:1 | 100% (660) |
| 2000-01 | 613 | 34 | 18.0:1 | 73% (448) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lois Allen Elementary.
About Lois Allen Elementary
Lois Allen Elementary is an elementary school located in SPARKS, Nevada, in Washoe County. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 478 students enrolled.
Lois Allen Elementary sits within Washoe County, which has 114 schools and 63,959 students.
Lois Allen Elementary's enrollment is 72% Hispanic. Next come 17% White, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. That compares with about 26% Hispanic among all Washoe County residents. By the diversity index, Lois Allen Elementary comes in at 45%.
Lois Allen Elementary employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.7:1. Elementary schools in Nevada average about 18.1:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 100% in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Washoe County report 56%.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Lois Allen Elementary is among the bottom 10% of schools in Nevada. Predicted: 32.5%. Actual: 17.1%.
Census Bureau estimates for Washoe County show that median household income is about $88,096, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. A total of 127 public schools operate in Washoe County, serving about 68,279 students.
Tmcc Magnet School is the public school closest to Lois Allen Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Lois Allen Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Lois Allen Elementary ranks 6th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 17.1% against a local average of 23.5%.
Lois Allen Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students grew from 414 to 478 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher rose from 14.8 to 17.7 over 4 years.
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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 SPARKS
- Spanish Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,131 students
- Edward C. Reed High SchoolHigh · 2,092 students
- Procter R. Hug High SchoolHigh · 2,008 students
- Sparks High SchoolHigh · 1,211 students
- Sky Ranch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,206 students
- Pinecrest Academy of Northern NevadaElementary · 1,033 students
Nearby schools
- Tmcc Magnet School0.8 mi · 245
- Sun Valley Elementary1.0 mi · 520
- Procter R. Hug High School1.4 mi · 2,008
- Esther Bennett Elementary2.0 mi · 529
- Rita Cannan Elementary2.0 mi · 405
- Sparks Middle School2.1 mi · 622
Frequently asked questions
About Lois Allen ElementaryHow large is Lois Allen Elementary?
Lois Allen Elementary enrolls approximately 478 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lois Allen Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lois Allen Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lois Allen Elementary have?
Lois Allen Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lois Allen Elementary?
At Lois Allen Elementary, the student body is approximately 17% White, 72% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Lois Allen Elementary public or private?
Lois Allen Elementary 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.