TURNING POINT

TURNING POINT is a multi-level school of tiny scale in Reno, Nevada, part of Washoe County, serveing 14 students in grades 1 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 99% below the state mean of about 1,078.

TURNING POINT is one of 113 schools operated by Washoe County, a district that serves 63,412 students overall.

On the student-mix side, TURNING POINT logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 36% White, 14% multiracial, 7% Native American. 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, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 1.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.6:1, putting TURNING POINT tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Washoe County's rate of about 56%.

In the area at large, Washoe County reports that median household income runs about $88,096, 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), TURNING POINT is one campus in the mix.

enCompass Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TURNING POINT.

TURNING POINT operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. TURNING POINT's enrollment has edged down 52% since 2018, when it stood at 29 (now 14). White enrollment moved from 59% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 3.2:1 in 2018 to 1.4:1 today.

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