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Enrollment
520
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHOE COUNTY·NCES 320048000249
Sun Valley Elementary
5490 LEON DRIVE, SPARKS, NV 89433 · (775) 674-4420 · Washoe County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Nevada public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
17.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
520 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 85%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
35%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
30.7%
NV avg 45.8% . +11.2pp since 2023
Math
25.3%
NV avg 35.6% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.7% | 25.3% |
| 2023-24 | 19.5% | 19.2% |
% 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
23.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 Sun Valley Elementary
Sun Valley Elementary's state test result (23.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Valley Elementary this school | 520 | 100.0% | 23.7% |
| Smithridge S.t.e.m. Academy RENO | 494 | 99.8% | 33.0% |
| Mater Academy of Northern Nevada Reno | 501 | 100.0% | 30.6% |
| West Wendover Elementary School West Wendover | 419 | 100.0% | 28.9% |
| Esther Bennett Elementary SPARKS | 529 | 99.8% | 24.9% |
| Empire Elementary Carson City | 445 | 100.0% | 22.7% |
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 Sun Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Washoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #301 of 367 | #49 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #297 of 388 ▲ 23 | #57 of 75 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #301 of 390 ▲ 63 | #59 of 76 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #186 of 442 | #15 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #234 of 379 | #32 of 73 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.6% | #357 of 381 | #69 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #298 of 386 | #23 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #129 of 304 | #36 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
520
+23 (+5%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 599
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 520 | 30 | 17.3:1 | 100% (520) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 26 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 29 | 17.3:1 | 100% (502) |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 100% (497) |
| 2017-18 | 681 | 41.5 | 16.4:1 | 100% (678) |
| 2015-16 | 676 | 43 | 15.7:1 | 87% (588) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | 33 | 17.4:1 | 91% (525) |
| 2000-01 | 701 | 36 | 19.5:1 | 57% (399) |
| 1990-91 | 599 | 33 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sun Valley Elementary.
About Sun Valley Elementary
Among the schools in SPARKS, Nevada, is Sun Valley Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 520 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5.
The 114 schools in Washoe County enroll 63,959 students altogether, Sun Valley Elementary among them.
Hispanic students are 80% of those enrolled at Sun Valley Elementary. Next come 12% White, 4% Pacific Islander, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 26% Hispanic among all Washoe County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 35%.
Sun Valley Elementary has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. The school's 17.3:1 compares with an average of 18.1:1 for elementary schools in Nevada. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 56% average for public schools in Washoe County is 44 points lower.
Sun Valley Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 17% of Nevada public elementary schools.
Sun Valley Elementary scores 23.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 32.5%.
In Washoe County, home to about 497,200 people, the median household earns about $88,096 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Washoe County number 127, with about 68,279 students.
Lois Allen Elementary, about 1.0 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Sun Valley Elementary ranks 4th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased 5% over 4 years, reaching 520 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.6:1 to 17.3:1.
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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
Other Sun Valley Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Sun Valley Elementary. Sun Valley Elementary is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Sun Valley Elementary SchoolPEORIA, AZ · 720 students
- Sun Valley Elementary SchoolBirmingham, AL · 678 students
- Sun Valley Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 616 students
- Sun Valley ElementarySan Rafael, CA · 523 students
- Sun Valley Elementary SchoolSunnyside, WA · 474 students
Nearby schools
- Lois Allen Elementary1.0 mi · 478
- Esther Bennett Elementary1.2 mi · 529
- Virginia Palmer Elementary1.3 mi · 419
- Tmcc Magnet School1.8 mi · 245
- Procter R. Hug High School1.9 mi · 2,008
- Desert Skies Middle School2.2 mi · 875
Frequently asked questions
About Sun Valley ElementaryHow many students attend Sun Valley Elementary?
Sun Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 520 students in grades KG-05.
Is Sun Valley Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sun Valley Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sun Valley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sun Valley Elementary is approximately 17.3:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sun Valley Elementary?
At Sun Valley Elementary, the student body is approximately 12% White, 80% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Sun Valley Elementary?
Sun Valley Elementary is overseen by Washoe County in Washoe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.