VETERANS MEMORIAL S.T.E.M. ACADEMY

VETERANS MEMORIAL S.T.E.M. ACADEMY is a small K-5 school in RENO, Nevada, overseen by Washoe County. The school enrolls 236 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 51% leaner than the typical public school in Nevada, which averages around 480 students.

Washoe County runs 113 schools in total, collectively educating 63,412 students. VETERANS MEMORIAL S.T.E.M. ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, VETERANS MEMORIAL S.T.E.M. ACADEMY shows that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest is composed of 14% White, 8% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, VETERANS MEMORIAL S.T.E.M. ACADEMY logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting VETERANS MEMORIAL S.T.E.M. ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at VETERANS MEMORIAL S.T.E.M. ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Washoe County (around 56%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, VETERANS MEMORIAL S.T.E.M. ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 20.9%.

In the broader community, Washoe County reports that the typical household earns roughly $88,096 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Washoe County runs 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students), of which VETERANS MEMORIAL S.T.E.M. ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is E. OTIS VAUGHN MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, VETERANS MEMORIAL S.T.E.M. ACADEMY comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.7%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VETERANS MEMORIAL S.T.E.M. ACADEMY has declined 44%, going from 423 students in 2018 to 236 in 2025.

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