ROBERT MITCHELL ELEMENTARY

ROBERT MITCHELL ELEMENTARY is an intimate primary school in SPARKS, Nevada, operated by Washoe County. The school enrolls 336 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 30% below the state mean of about 480.

Across the 113 schools in Washoe County (63,412 students total), ROBERT MITCHELL ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ROBERT MITCHELL ELEMENTARY logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 16% White, 5% Black, 5% Pacific Islander, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, ROBERT MITCHELL ELEMENTARY logs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Washoe County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, ROBERT MITCHELL ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 26.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Washoe County put the typical household earns roughly $88,096 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. ROBERT MITCHELL ELEMENTARY is one of 127 public schools in Washoe County (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students).

SPARKS HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ROBERT MITCHELL ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 25.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. ROBERT MITCHELL ELEMENTARY's enrollment has ticked down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 385 (now 336). White enrollment moved from 23% to 16% across the same window.

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