Summary:
ZIP code 89433 is served by a single middle school, Desert Skies Middle School, a grades 6–8 campus in Sun Valley, Nevada with 875 students, and it belongs to the Washoe County district. The district overall looks strong — 4 stars, ranked 4th of 12 in Nevada at the 67th percentile — but the school itself sits well below that context, ranking 130 of 148 Nevada middle schools in 2025–26, which is the 12th percentile and a 1-star rating.
Academically, the school trails its district and the state in every subject reported for 2025–26. All-grades math proficiency is 14%, compared with 37% in the district and 36.2% statewide; reading is 21%, versus 44.4% district and 45.2% state; science is 20.2%, versus 26.3% district and 25.5% state. Grade-level results follow the same pattern, with 7th-grade math lowest at 11.9%. Looking year over year, math improved from 9.8% to 14%, but reading slipped from 25.4% to 21% and science fell sharply from 28.8% to 20.2%. Science had actually been a bright spot in 2024–25, when it was slightly above both district and state, making its drop the most dramatic change in the data.
Other important context: 100% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and chronic absenteeism is 29.3% — nearly 3 in 10 students — above the district's 27.5% and the state's 25.5%. The student-teacher ratio is 19:1 and per-student spending is $12,468. Rank history shows steady struggle: 9th percentile with 0 stars in 2023–24, 17th percentile with 1 star in 2024–25, and 12th percentile with 1 star in 2025–26.
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