Summary:
ZIP code 89434 contains five elementary schools — four in the Washoe County district and one in the smaller Storey district — serving mostly PK–5 students (Jerry Whitehead is K–5), with 1,353 children enrolled altogether. The schools serve the Sparks–eastern Reno area plus the rural Storey County community, and they range widely in size, from 462 students at Katherine Dunn to just 37 at Hillside.
Marvin Moss is the clear academic leader: it ranks 45th of 376 schools statewide (88th percentile, 4 stars), with all-grade proficiency of 64.7% in math, 66.1% in reading and 40.0% in science, plus the lowest chronic absenteeism in the group at 12.8% and the biggest year-over-year gains (math +13.1 points, reading +6.7 points, science +15.5 points). Lloyd Diedrichsen is a solid second, ranking in the 68th percentile with 3 stars and above-average math (46.2%) and reading (53.7%), all while spending the least per student ($13,643). Hillside is a different case: with only 37 students, most of its 2025–26 test results are suppressed by the state, so it cannot be fairly ranked; its only available recent score, 2024–25 reading, was 50%, above state and district averages.
Katherine Dunn and Jerry Whitehead are more mixed. Katherine Dunn is the largest school (462 students, 99.78% free/reduced lunch) and beats district and state in science (29.1%) but trails in math (32.1%) and reading (42.4%). Jerry Whitehead ranks in the 49th percentile, with reading above the state (48.2%) and math slightly below (34.8%), and it improved year over year in both. Across the group, reading generally outperforms math, and every school's chronic absenteeism is below Nevada's 25.5% and its district average. Notably, spending and class size do not line up neatly with results — the highest-spending, lowest-ratio school has the least performance data available. A "—" in the data means the state suppressed the value to protect student privacy, not that it was zero.
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