MARVIN MOSS ELEMENTARY

Located at 2200 PRIMIO WAY, in SPARKS, Nevada, MARVIN MOSS ELEMENTARY is a compact K-5 school that instructs 308 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Washoe County. Enrollment runs roughly 36% smaller than the state mean of about 480.

MARVIN MOSS ELEMENTARY is one of 113 schools operated by Washoe County, a district that serves 63,412 students overall.

Demographically, MARVIN MOSS ELEMENTARY shows that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 33% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Pacific Islander, 4% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MARVIN MOSS ELEMENTARY has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Washoe County (around 56%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MARVIN MOSS ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.2%, the actual is 45.5%, a residual of -1.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Washoe County shows the typical household earns roughly $88,096 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Washoe County runs 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students), of which MARVIN MOSS ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is LOU MENDIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MARVIN MOSS ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 41.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 47%: 583 students in 2018 compared to 308 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 38% to 33%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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