Summary:
ZIP code 89433 is served by five schools — four elementary schools and one middle school covering grades PK through 8 — all within the Washoe County district in Nevada, with a combined enrollment of 2,821 students and near-universal economic disadvantage, as roughly 99.8% to 100% of students at each school qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Among the elementaries, Virginia Palmer Elementary is the relative bright spot: it has the smallest enrollment (419), the lowest student-teacher ratio (15.2), the lowest chronic absenteeism (17.2%), and the strongest all-grade results in the group in math (28.9%) and reading (35.1%). Esther Bennett Elementary (529 students, math 28.2%, reading 28.6%) and Sun Valley Elementary (520 students, math 25.5%, reading 28.6%) show similar mid-range results, with absenteeism near 23%. Lois Allen Elementary faces the steepest challenges: 1st percentile ranking with 0 stars, the lowest reading (19.8%) and elementary math (19%), and the highest absenteeism (30.1%), despite spending far more per student ($36,371) than any other school. Desert Skies Middle School is the largest school (875 students), with the highest student-teacher ratio (19.0) and the lowest math proficiency (14%).
Across all five schools, math and reading sit below district and state averages, and none reached the state median. Absenteeism loosely mirrors achievement — the lowest absenteeism comes with the best scores, and the highest comes with the lowest. Grade-level results also vary widely within a single school, and elementary science scores are suppressed by the state, so science comparisons are limited to Desert Skies.
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