LOU MENDIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in SPARKS, Nevada, LOU MENDIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school, one of the schools within Washoe County. It hosts 964 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 26% bigger than the state mean of about 767.

Washoe County runs 113 schools in total, collectively educating 63,412 students. LOU MENDIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, LOU MENDIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 41% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Washoe County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.4:1, putting LOU MENDIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Washoe County) records that median household income runs about $88,096, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Washoe County's 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students), LOU MENDIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LLOYD DIEDRICHSEN ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. LOU MENDIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,044 (now 964). The White share of enrollment contracted from 55% to 42% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 26.1:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 today.

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