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ROBERT MCQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ROBERT MCQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL
ROBERT MCQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL, a well-populated 9-12 campus in RENO, Nevada, one of the schools within Washoe County, serves 1,727 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 973 students per school, that is 77% above typical.
ROBERT MCQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL is one of 113 schools operated by Washoe County, a district that instructs 63,412 students overall.
In terms of who attends, ROBERT MCQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 72.6:1, putting ROBERT MCQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 27% of students at ROBERT MCQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Washoe County's rate of about 56%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Washoe County) logs that median household income runs about $88,096, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Washoe County runs 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students), of which ROBERT MCQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL is one.
GEORGE WESTERGARD ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies an inner-city site.
Trend over the last 7 years. ROBERT MCQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 1,746 (now 1,727). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 24% to 29%. Class-load math has grew: from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 25.8:1 in 2025.
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