Enrollment
308
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHOE COUNTY·NCES 320048000221
Marvin Moss Elementary
2200 PRIMIO WAY, SPARKS, NV 89434 · (775) 353-5507 · Washoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
107 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 85%
Community
0
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 | 12 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 46% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
67%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
59.4%
NV avg 45.8% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
51.6%
NV avg 35.6% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 have held steady.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.4% | 51.6% |
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 51.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Marvin Moss Elementary
Marvin Moss Elementary's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Moss Elementary this school | 308 | 34.7% | 45.5% |
| Coral Academy Elementary-Northwest Reno | 232 | 29.7% | 65.9% |
| Jacks Valley Elementary School Carson City | 364 | 44.0% | 31.1% |
| Elko Institute for Academic Achievement Elko | 398 | 28.6% | 56.6% |
| C. C. Meneley Elementary School Gardnerville | 363 | 40.2% | 33.9% |
| Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages RENO | 420 | 24.3% | 72.5% |
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 Marvin Moss Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Washoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #87 of 367 | #24 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #95 of 388 ▼ 16 | #27 of 75 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #87 of 390 ▼ 15 | #20 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 308 | #351 of 442 | #58 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #63 of 379 | #8 of 73 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.2% | #133 of 381 | #9 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #342 of 386 | #43 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -47.2% | #8 of 304 | #4 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
308
-17 (-5%) vs 2020
-45% since 2000-01, when it was 561
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 308 | 21.3 | 14.5:1 | 35% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 333 | 23 | 14.5:1 | 29% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 320 | 23.6 | 13.6:1 | 37% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 325 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 35% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 583 | 33.8 | 17.3:1 | 37% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 587 | 31 | 18.9:1 | 40% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 596 | 32 | 18.6:1 | 37% (222) |
| 2000-01 | 561 | 33 | 17.0:1 | 18% (101) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marvin Moss Elementary.
About Marvin Moss Elementary
Marvin Moss Elementary is a small elementary school located in SPARKS, Nevada. The school enrolls 308 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Nevada is about 480, so this school runs 36% smaller than that.
District-wide, Washoe County has 114 schools and 63,959 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Marvin Moss Elementary. The largest is White students, at 45%. Smaller groups are 33% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Pacific Islander, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Washoe County is roughly 63% White. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Marvin Moss Elementary employs 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.5:1. This ratio sits 3.6 below the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 35% in 2024-25. That rate is below the 56% average among public schools in Washoe County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Marvin Moss Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Nevada schools: 45.5% actual against 47.2% predicted.
Marvin Moss Elementary is located in Washoe County, where the median household income is $88,096, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Marvin Moss Elementary is one of 127 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Lou Mendive Middle School is about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Marvin Moss Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Marvin Moss Elementary is 2nd of 4 nearby schools with test data.
In the federal locale system, Marvin Moss Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 5% from its 2020-21 level of 325. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.0:1 to 14.5:1 over the same years.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Lou Mendive Middle School0.5 mi · 964
- Lloyd Diedrichsen Elementary0.7 mi · 312
- Jerry Whitehead Elementary1.2 mi · 234
- Edward C. Reed High School1.3 mi · 2,092
- Alpine Academy High School1.3 mi · 224
- Katherine Dunn Elementary1.5 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About Marvin Moss ElementaryHow many students attend Marvin Moss Elementary?
Marvin Moss Elementary enrolls approximately 308 students in grades PK-05.
Is Marvin Moss Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Marvin Moss Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Marvin Moss Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Marvin Moss Elementary is approximately 14.5:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Marvin Moss Elementary?
At Marvin Moss Elementary, the student body is approximately 45% White, 33% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Marvin Moss Elementary public or private?
Marvin Moss Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Washoe County.
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