Enrollment
336
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHOE COUNTY·NCES 320048000241
Robert Mitchell Elementary
1216 Prater Way, SPARKS, NV 89431 · (775) 353-5590 · Washoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
336 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 7 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
51%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
32.9%
NV avg 45.8% . +6.7pp since 2023
Math
28.4%
NV avg 35.6% . +10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.9% | 28.4% |
| 2023-24 | 26.2% | 18.0% |
% 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
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Robert Mitchell Elementary
Robert Mitchell Elementary's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Mitchell Elementary this school | 336 | 100.0% | 26.4% |
| Rita Cannan Elementary RENO | 405 | 100.0% | 27.6% |
| Greenbrae Elementary SPARKS | 323 | 100.0% | 25.9% |
| Glenn Duncan S.t.e.m. Academy RENO | 348 | 100.0% | 21.9% |
| Adcock O K Elementary School Las Vegas | 401 | 100.0% | 34.9% |
| Alice Maxwell Elementary SPARKS | 368 | 100.0% | 44.3% |
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 Robert Mitchell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Washoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #276 of 367 | #44 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #263 of 388 ▲ 70 | #50 of 75 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #280 of 390 ▲ 42 | #56 of 76 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 336 | #334 of 442 | #50 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #162 of 379 | #23 of 73 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.4% | #272 of 381 | #50 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #295 of 386 | #20 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #233 of 304 | #51 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
336
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 336 | 20.8 | 16.1:1 | 100% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 21 | 13.8:1 | 100% (290) |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 17 | 17.8:1 | 100% (302) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 22 | 15.8:1 | 100% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 23 | 16.7:1 | 100% (385) |
| 2015-16 | 430 | 22 | 19.6:1 | 99% (424) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 26 | 15.7:1 | 87% (355) |
| 2000-01 | 358 | 20 | 17.9:1 | 68% (242) |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 22 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert Mitchell Elementary.
About Robert Mitchell Elementary
In SPARKS, Nevada, Robert Mitchell Elementary is a small elementary school. It teaches 336 students in pre-K through 5. It has 30% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Nevada (about 480).
The district, Washoe County, has 63,959 students enrolled across 114 schools.
About 67% of the student body at Robert Mitchell Elementary is Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 16% White, 5% Black, 5% Pacific Islander, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Washoe County, the Hispanic share is about 26%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 51%.
For every teacher at Robert Mitchell Elementary, there are about 16.1 students; the school has 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Nevada is 18.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 336 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 100% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Washoe County is 56%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Robert Mitchell Elementary would score about 32.5%. It scores 26.4%, 6.2 points below that figure.
American Community Survey estimates for Washoe County show that the median household earns about $88,096 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Washoe County has 127 public schools with about 68,279 students, including Robert Mitchell Elementary.
Sparks High School is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Robert Mitchell Elementary ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Robert Mitchell Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Robert Mitchell Elementary enrolled 347 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 336.
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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
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 SPARKS
- Spanish Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,131 students
- Edward C. Reed High SchoolHigh · 2,092 students
- Procter R. Hug High SchoolHigh · 2,008 students
- Sparks High SchoolHigh · 1,211 students
- Sky Ranch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,206 students
- Pinecrest Academy of Northern NevadaElementary · 1,033 students
Nearby schools
- Sparks High School0.2 mi · 1,211
- Kate Smith Elementary0.6 mi · 186
- Lincoln Park Elementary0.7 mi · 438
- George L. Dilworth S.t.e.m Academy0.7 mi · 613
- Greenbrae Elementary0.9 mi · 323
- Alice Maxwell Elementary0.9 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About Robert Mitchell ElementaryHow many students attend Robert Mitchell Elementary?
Robert Mitchell Elementary enrolls approximately 336 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Robert Mitchell Elementary serve?
Robert Mitchell Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Robert Mitchell Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Robert Mitchell Elementary is approximately 16.1:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Robert Mitchell Elementary?
Robert Mitchell Elementary reports a student body of 16% White, 67% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Robert Mitchell Elementary?
Robert Mitchell Elementary is overseen by Washoe County in Washoe County.
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