Enrollment
256
Elementary
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS·NCES 320009000447
Pinon Hills Elementary School
1479 Stephanie Way, Minden, NV 89423 · (775) 267-3622 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL256 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% 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.
- 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
16.0:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
52 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 2 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
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Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
70.0%
NV avg 45.8% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
64.2%
NV avg 35.6% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 down about 5 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 64.2% |
| 2023-24 | 69.7% | 69.2% |
% 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
59.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Pinon Hills Elementary School
Pinon Hills Elementary School's state test result (59.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinon Hills Elementary School this school | 256 | 20.3% | 59.6% |
| Carson Montessori Carson City | 279 | 21.9% | 36.3% |
| Pleasant Valley Elementary RENO | 289 | 24.6% | 53.0% |
| Verdi Elementary VERDI | 256 | 11.3% | 57.0% |
| Learning Bridge Ely | 166 | 18.7% | 33.0% |
| Zephyr Cove Elementary School Zephyr Cove | 153 | 23.5% | 41.8% |
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 Pinon Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #18 of 367 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #36 of 388 ▼ 20 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #31 of 390 ▼ 9 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 256 | #363 of 442 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #151 of 379 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #324 of 381 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.3% | #368 of 386 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #185 of 304 | #4 of 6 |
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
256
+21 (+9%) vs 2020
-38% since 2000-01, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 256 | 16 | 16.0:1 | 20% (52) |
| 2023-24 | 252 | 15 | 16.8:1 | 22% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 280 | 19.2 | 14.6:1 | 23% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 235 | 21 | 11.2:1 | 14% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 310 | 16 | 19.4:1 | 19% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 21 | 18.0:1 | 16% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | 25 | 20.2:1 | 18% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 413 | 18 | 22.9:1 | 13% (52) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pinon Hills Elementary School.
About Pinon Hills Elementary School
In Minden, Nevada, Pinon Hills Elementary School is a small elementary school. It serves 256 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Nevada average about 480 students.
Douglas runs 15 schools with a combined 4,927 students. Pinon Hills Elementary School is one of them.
Pinon Hills Elementary School is 73% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 19% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1 at Pinon Hills Elementary School, with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.1 below the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 20%. It compares with 34% for public schools in Douglas County.
Measured against Nevada public elementary schools, Pinon Hills Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Pinon Hills Elementary School, the prediction is 50.4% and the result is 59.6%.
Douglas County census figures show that the median household income is $90,754, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Douglas County is home to 16 public schools and about 4,927 public school students.
The shortest distance from Pinon Hills Elementary School to another public school is about 5.3 miles, to Jacks Valley Elementary School. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 37.7% proficiency; Pinon Hills Elementary School posts 59.6%.
The school's locale code, Town: Fringe, means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
2024-25 enrollment was 256, a 9% increase from 235 in 2020-21. The ratio was 11.2:1 in 2020-21 and 16.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
49,623
Census ACS
Median income
$90,754
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,927 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas
- Douglas High SchoolHigh · 1,510 students
- Carson Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Pau Wa Lu Middle SchoolMiddle · 460 students
- Minden Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Jacks Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- C. C. Meneley Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
Other schools in Minden
- Douglas High SchoolHigh · 1,510 students
- Minden Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- ASPIRE Academy High SchoolHigh · 82 students
- Douglas Nevada OnlineMiddle · 5 students
- ALT SchoolCombined · 4 students
- Douglas County Adult SchoolCombined
Other Pinon Hills Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Pinon Hills Elementary. Pinon Hills Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Pinon Hills ElementaryPinon Hills, CA · 566 students
Nearby schools
- Jacks Valley Elementary School5.3 mi · 364
- Minden Elementary School5.6 mi · 371
- Douglas Nevada Online5.6 mi · 5
- ASPIRE Academy High School5.6 mi · 82
- ALT School5.6 mi · 4
- Douglas High School6.4 mi · 1,510
Frequently asked questions
About Pinon Hills Elementary SchoolHow large is Pinon Hills Elementary School?
Pinon Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 256 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Pinon Hills Elementary School serve?
Pinon Hills Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Pinon Hills Elementary School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Pinon Hills Elementary School.
How diverse is Pinon Hills Elementary School?
Pinon Hills Elementary School reports a student body of 73% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Pinon Hills Elementary School?
Pinon Hills Elementary School is overseen by Douglas in Douglas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.