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Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHOE COUNTY·NCES 320048000321
Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages
915 Lander Street, RENO, NV 89509 · (775) 333-5030 · Washoe County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of Nevada public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nevada public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
102 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 32% larger than its 8th grade class (38).
Student demographics
58%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
82.1%
NV avg 45.8% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
80.1%
NV avg 35.6% . +8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 8 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.1% | 80.1% |
| 2023-24 | 81.5% | 71.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NV schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Nevada's top 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 Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages
Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages's state test result (72.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages this school | 420 | 24.3% | 72.5% |
| Mountain View Elementary School Elko | 507 | 21.7% | 41.4% |
| Elko Institute for Academic Achievement Elko | 398 | 28.6% | 56.6% |
| High Desert Montessori RENO | 529 | 25.5% | 26.8% |
| George Westergard Elementary RENO | 461 | 28.2% | 47.0% |
| Brown Elementary RENO | 514 | 27.4% | 46.9% |
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 Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Washoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #5 of 367 | #2 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #5 of 388 ▲ 7 | #2 of 75 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.1% | #8 of 390 ▼ 4 | #3 of 76 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #284 of 442 | #36 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #331 of 379 | #65 of 73 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #222 of 381 | #36 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.3% | #359 of 386 | #52 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #212 of 304 | #48 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
420
+19 (+5%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 398
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 420 | 19.2 | 21.9:1 | 24% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 20 | 20.6:1 | 19% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 20.8 | 19.8:1 | 27% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 401 | 25 | 16.0:1 | 26% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 22.5 | 21.9:1 | 37% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 495 | 25 | 19.8:1 | 46% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 287 | 16 | 17.9:1 | 65% (186) |
| 2000-01 | 368 | 19 | 19.4:1 | 51% (187) |
| 1990-91 | 398 | 20 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages.
About Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages
Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages is a mid-sized elementary school for students in RENO, Nevada. Students in kindergarten through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 420 students.
In Washoe County, 114 schools enroll a combined 63,959 students.
The largest group at Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages is White students, at 52%. Enrollment also includes 37% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. Among people living in Washoe County, the White share is about 63%. The diversity index for Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 19.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Nevada is 18.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 24% of students at Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Washoe County average 56%.
Among Nevada public elementary schools, Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages outscored 97%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages is a top-10% school in Nevada on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.5% with an actual 72.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Washoe County show that the median household earns about $88,096 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Washoe County, 127 public schools serve about 68,279 students.
About 0.7 miles separate Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages from the closest public school, Reno High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 38.1% on proficiency, and Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages is above that at 72.5%.
Locale data from NCES put Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 19 students, from 401 to 420. Federal data show the ratio rising from 16.0:1 to 21.9:1.
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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
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- Reno High School0.7 mi · 1,741
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- Veterans Memorial S.t.e.m. Academy0.9 mi · 236
- Jessie Beck Elementary0.9 mi · 462
- enCompass Academy0.9 mi · 153
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Rose K-8 Academy of LanguagesHow large is Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages?
Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages enrolls approximately 420 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages serve?
Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages?
Approximately 21.9:1 students per teacher at Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages.
What is the student diversity at Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages?
Student demographics at Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages are roughly 52% White, 37% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages in?
Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages is part of Washoe County.
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