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Best Public Schools in Sun Valley, NV

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875

Students

Top rankedDesert Skies Middle School130^th of 148 Nevada middle schools

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Summary:

Sun Valley, Nevada, has one public school in this data set — Desert Skies Middle School, a grades 6–8 school with 875 students in the Washoe County district. There are no elementary, high, or alternative schools listed for the city. The district is rated 4 stars, ranks 4th of 12 Nevada districts, and sits at the 67th percentile. The school serves a high-need population: 100% free/reduced lunch eligibility in 2024–2025, $12,468 per-student spending in 2023–2024, a 19:1 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025, and 29.3% chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026, above the district’s 27.5% and the state’s 25.5%.

In 2025–2026, all-grade proficiency at the school was 14.0% in math, 21.0% in reading, and 20.2% in science. That is far below the district and Nevada: math is 23.0 points below the district and 22.2 points below the state; reading is 23.4 points below the district and 24.2 points below the state; science is 6.1 points below the district and 5.3 points below the state. By grade, 7th-grade math is the lowest reported result at 11.9%, while 6th-grade reading is the highest at 22.6% — still 17.6 points below the district and 18.9 points below the state. The school’s rank history has stayed near the bottom: 9th percentile and 0 stars in 2023–2024, 17th percentile and 1 star in 2024–2025, and 12th percentile and 1 star in 2025–2026, ranking 130th of 148.

For parents, the key contrast is that the school is a 1-star, 12th-percentile school inside a 4-star, 67th-percentile district. There are some bright spots: all-grade math improved from 9.8% in 2024–2025 to 14.0% in 2025–2026, and 2024–2025 science was 28.8%, slightly above both district and state. But science then fell to 20.2% in 2025–2026, an 8.6-point decline, and proficiency remains low across core subjects. Combined with above-average chronic absenteeism, the data suggest a school serving many students with economic and attendance-related challenges. Because Sun Valley has only this one public school in the data set, there are no intra-city comparisons, and the reported metrics come from different school years.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SBAC Mathematics (2026)				SBAC Reading (2026)				SBAC Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SBAC Mathematics 6th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 7th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 8th Grade	SBAC Mathematics All Grades	SBAC Reading 6th Grade	SBAC Reading 7th Grade	SBAC Reading 8th Grade	SBAC Reading All Grades	SBAC Science 8th Grade	SBAC Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Desert Skies Middle School	Public	6-8	7550 Donatello Dr	Sun Valley	89433	Washoe County	Washoe County	No	No	No	Yes	(775) 674-4915	875	46	19.0	53.3%	154 (17.6%)	13 (1.5%)	656 (75.0%)	4 (0.5%)	4 (0.5%)	18 (2.1%)	26 (3.0%)	12.5	130^th of 148 public middle schools	12.2%		14.8	125^th of 151 public middle schools	17.2%	5	17.5	11.9	12.0	14.0	22.6	20.0	20.1	21.0	20.2	20.2	$12,468	$1,410	$11,057

Cities Near Sun Valley

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sparks	0.28 mi	36	17^th
Reno	2.05 mi	87	12^th
Verdi	12.57 mi	1	1^st
Virginia City	20.97 mi	3
Dayton	24.54 mi	5	27^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Nevada Department of Education.

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