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Enrollment
785
Middle
DISTRICT 769 · STATE 767
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHOE COUNTY·NCES 320048000624
Yvonne Shaw Middle School
600 EAGLE CANYON DR, SPARKS, NV 89441 · (775) 425-7777 · Washoe County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL785 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Nevada public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
206 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 85%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 256 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 273 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 256 | 33% |
Student demographics
58%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
47.2%
NV avg 45.8% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
39.6%
NV avg 35.6% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.2% | 39.6% |
| 2023-24 | 48.4% | 39.8% |
% 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Yvonne Shaw Middle School
Yvonne Shaw Middle School's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yvonne Shaw Middle School this school | 785 | 26.2% | 43.4% |
| Carson Valley Middle School Gardnerville | 591 | 29.3% | 36.9% |
| Darrel Swope Middle School RENO | 1,027 | 27.9% | 52.6% |
| Billinghurst Middle School RENO | 993 | 25.9% | 48.4% |
| Sky Ranch Middle School SPARKS | 1,206 | 22.6% | 49.6% |
| Kendyl Depoali Middle School RENO | 921 | 26.3% | 52.7% |
Matched among Nevada middle 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 Yvonne Shaw Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Washoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #23 of 94 | #7 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #21 of 98 ▼ 3 | #6 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #34 of 98 ▼ 11 | #7 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 785 | #59 of 113 | #9 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #69 of 94 | #11 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #50 of 94 | #8 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.2% | #90 of 95 | #13 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #27 of 68 | #6 of 11 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
785
+19 (+2%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 1,116
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 785 | 33 | 23.8:1 | 26% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 745 | 35 | 21.3:1 | 20% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 712 | 33.2 | 21.4:1 | 20% (144) |
| 2020-21 | 766 | 48 | 16.0:1 | 18% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 955 | 43.5 | 21.9:1 | 17% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 1,016 | 43 | 23.6:1 | 21% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 1,116 | 50 | 22.3:1 | 19% (215) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yvonne Shaw Middle School.
About Yvonne Shaw Middle School
At 600 EAGLE CANYON DR in SPARKS, Nevada, Yvonne Shaw Middle School operates as a medium-sized middle-grades school. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 785 students.
Washoe County serves 63,959 students across 114 schools.
Roughly 59% of students at Yvonne Shaw Middle School are White. The rest of enrollment is 26% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% Native American. That is close to the 63% White share among all Washoe County residents. Yvonne Shaw Middle School's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
Yvonne Shaw Middle School operates with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 23.8:1. On average, middle schools in Nevada have 22.4:1, compared with 23.8:1 here. Yvonne Shaw Middle School reports 26% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 56% average for public schools in Washoe County is 30 points.
Measured against Nevada public middle schools, Yvonne Shaw Middle School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Yvonne Shaw Middle School would be expected to post about 49.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.4%.
Census Bureau estimates for Washoe County show that the median household income is $88,096, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Yvonne Shaw Middle School is one of 127 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Spanish Springs High School is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Yvonne Shaw Middle School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Yvonne Shaw Middle School is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
Yvonne Shaw Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment at Yvonne Shaw Middle School was 766 in 2020-21 and 785 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Students per teacher rose from 16.0 in 2020-21 to 23.8 in 2024-25.
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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
Nearby schools
- Spanish Springs High School0.4 mi · 2,131
- Alyce Taylor Elementary0.8 mi · 469
- Jesse Hall Elementary School1.1 mi · 480
- Pinecrest Academy of Northern Nevada1.5 mi · 1,033
- Spanish Springs Elementary1.6 mi · 558
- John Bohach Elementary School2.6 mi · 686
Frequently asked questions
About Yvonne Shaw Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Yvonne Shaw Middle School?
Yvonne Shaw Middle School enrolls approximately 785 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Yvonne Shaw Middle School serve?
Yvonne Shaw Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Yvonne Shaw Middle School?
Approximately 23.8:1 students per teacher at Yvonne Shaw Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Yvonne Shaw Middle School?
Student demographics at Yvonne Shaw Middle School are roughly 59% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Yvonne Shaw Middle School in?
Yvonne Shaw Middle School is part of Washoe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.