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Enrollment
487
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHOE COUNTY·NCES 320048000936
Nick Poulakidas Elementary School
9600 MOJAVE SKY DR, RENO, NV 89521 · (775) 852-6570 · Washoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Nevada public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
18.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
75 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
64%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
67.4%
NV avg 45.8% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
71.5%
NV avg 35.6% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.4% | 71.5% |
| 2023-24 | 68.8% | 64.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Nick Poulakidas Elementary School
Nick Poulakidas Elementary School's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Poulakidas Elementary School this school | 487 | 15.4% | 58.0% |
| Jwood Raw Elementary School Reno | 602 | 17.1% | 56.4% |
| Coral Academy Elementary-South Reno | 521 | 21.1% | 48.3% |
| Coral Academy Elementary RENO | 433 | 26.6% | 54.6% |
| Rollan Melton Elementary RENO | 477 | 18.0% | 58.5% |
| Doral Academy Cactus Las Vegas | 998 | 17.9% | 58.5% |
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 Nick Poulakidas Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Washoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #27 of 367 | #9 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #16 of 388 ▲ 12 | #7 of 75 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #45 of 390 ▼ 21 | #10 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #227 of 442 | #22 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #266 of 379 | #44 of 73 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #164 of 381 | #17 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.4% | #380 of 386 | #62 of 67 |
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
487
-306 (-39%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 487 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 15% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 522 | 29 | 18.0:1 | 11% (59) |
| 2022-23 | 868 | 45 | 19.3:1 | 15% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 793 | 46 | 17.2:1 | 12% (96) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nick Poulakidas Elementary School.
About Nick Poulakidas Elementary School
Nick Poulakidas Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in RENO, Nevada. Enrollment totals 487 students across pre-K through 5.
Across its 114 schools, Washoe County enrolls 63,959 students. Nick Poulakidas Elementary School is one of those schools.
About 54% of the student body at Nick Poulakidas Elementary School is White. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 16% Asian, and 8% multiracial. By comparison, Washoe County residents are about 63% White. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Nick Poulakidas Elementary School are from different groups.
Based on 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, Nick Poulakidas Elementary School has a ratio of 18.0:1. It is about the same as the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. Income data for the school show 15% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Washoe County is 56%.
Nick Poulakidas Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 84% of Nevada public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Nick Poulakidas Elementary School, the prediction is 51.5% and the result is 58.0%.
The school is in Washoe County, where the median household earns about $88,096 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Washoe County, 127 public schools serve about 68,279 students.
Nick Poulakidas Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Kendyl Depoali Middle School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 44.4% on proficiency, and Nick Poulakidas Elementary School is above that at 58.0%.
For locale, NCES codes Nick Poulakidas Elementary School as City: Large.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 793 (2020-21) to 487 (2024-25).
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 RENO
- North Valleys High SchoolHigh · 2,307 students
- Reno High SchoolHigh · 1,741 students
- Damonte Ranch High SchoolHigh · 1,738 students
- Robert McQueen High SchoolHigh · 1,727 students
- Galena High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
- Earl Wooster High SchoolHigh · 1,338 students
Nearby schools
- Kendyl Depoali Middle School0.7 mi · 921
- Double Diamond Elementary1.4 mi · 444
- Damonte Ranch High School1.7 mi · 1,738
- Jwood Raw Elementary School1.9 mi · 602
- Nevada Connections Academy2.3 mi · 1,054
- Donner Springs Elementary2.3 mi · 414
Frequently asked questions
About Nick Poulakidas Elementary SchoolHow large is Nick Poulakidas Elementary School?
Nick Poulakidas Elementary School enrolls approximately 487 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Nick Poulakidas Elementary School serve?
Nick Poulakidas Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nick Poulakidas Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nick Poulakidas Elementary School is approximately 18.0:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Nick Poulakidas Elementary School?
Nick Poulakidas Elementary School reports a student body of 54% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Black, 16% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Nick Poulakidas Elementary School public or private?
Nick Poulakidas Elementary School 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.