Summary:
ZIP code 89434 contains one middle school, Lou Mendive Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 964 students in Sparks, Nevada, as part of the Washoe County district.
For parents, the school’s profile is mixed and improving. Its state rank rose from 86th of 153 in 2023–24 to 73rd of 148 in 2025–26, moving from 44th percentile with 2 stars to 51st percentile with 3 stars. Chronic absenteeism is 24.1%, lower than the district’s 27.5% and the state’s 25.5%, which is a positive attendance signal. Academically, 8th-grade Reading is the clearest strength: 51.5% proficient, compared with 40.4% in the district and 41.6% statewide. All-grade Science is above district and state (33.0% vs. 26.3% and 25.5%), though 8th-grade Science is essentially at district and state levels, and all-grade Science declined from 43.2% in 2024–25 to 33.0% in 2025–26. All-grade Mathematics is below district and state (31.1% vs. 37.0% and 36.2%), but 8th-grade Mathematics is above both. Reading is uneven: 8th grade is strong, while 6th and 7th grades trail district and state averages.
The Washoe County district is relatively strong, ranked 4th of 12 districts, at the 67th percentile with 4 stars, so Lou Mendive Middle School sits in a higher-rated district even though its own state rank is near the middle of Nevada middle schools. The main takeaway is that this school shows upward momentum, strong 8th-grade Reading and above-average attendance, with mathematics and middle-grade reading as areas to watch. One data gap is that the free/reduced lunch percentage is not reported, so socioeconomic context cannot be assessed from this record. No test-score values here are suppressed or given as bounds, so the figures above are exact reported rates.
Thank you for your feedback!