SMITHRIDGE S.T.E.M. ACADEMY

Located at 4801 Neil Road, in RENO, Nevada, SMITHRIDGE S.T.E.M. ACADEMY is an average-sized primary school that serves 494 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Washoe County.

Across the 113 schools in Washoe County (63,412 students total), SMITHRIDGE S.T.E.M. ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, SMITHRIDGE S.T.E.M. ACADEMY records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Washoe County's rate of about 56%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SMITHRIDGE S.T.E.M. ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.0%.

Across the wider county, Washoe County reports that 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%. Across Washoe County's 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students), SMITHRIDGE S.T.E.M. ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: EDWARD L. PINE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SMITHRIDGE S.T.E.M. ACADEMY comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 32.1%.

SMITHRIDGE S.T.E.M. ACADEMY operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. SMITHRIDGE S.T.E.M. ACADEMY's enrollment has fell 29% since 2018, when it stood at 697 (now 494).

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