SUN VALLEY ELEMENTARY

SUN VALLEY ELEMENTARY is one of the average-sized elementary-level communitys in SPARKS, Nevada, run under Washoe County, with 520 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

SUN VALLEY ELEMENTARY is one of 113 schools operated by Washoe County, a district that works with 63,412 students overall.

On demographics, SUN VALLEY ELEMENTARY lists that 80% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 12% White, 4% Pacific Islander, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Washoe County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, SUN VALLEY ELEMENTARY has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at SUN VALLEY ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Washoe County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, SUN VALLEY 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 23.7%.

Around the school, 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), SUN VALLEY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LOIS ALLEN ELEMENTARY, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SUN VALLEY ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SUN VALLEY ELEMENTARY at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 27.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SUN VALLEY ELEMENTARY has declined 24%, going from 681 students in 2018 to 520 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.