Best Public Schools in Zip Code 89460

Summary:

The 89460 zip code area is home to 3 schools, including 2 elementary schools (C.C. Meneley Elementary and G.L. Scarselli Elementary) and 1 middle school (Pau Wa Lu Middle School). Among these, G.L. Scarselli Elementary stands out as a high-performing school, ranking 81 out of 384 Nevada elementary schools and earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

G.L. Scarselli Elementary excels academically, with 50% of students scoring proficient or better in mathematics, significantly higher than the Douglas County School District (34%) and Nevada state (31.3%) averages. In reading, 55.6% of students at G.L. Scarselli Elementary scored proficient or better, again outperforming the district (46.6%) and state (41%) averages. The school also had the highest percentage of students scoring proficient or better in science at 33.8%, compared to the district at 33.5% and the state at 26%.

The schools in the 89460 zip code area have varying racial compositions, with G.L. Scarselli Elementary having the highest percentage of white students at 69.57%, followed by Pau Wa Lu Middle School at 60.91% and C.C. Meneley Elementary at 53.75%. Additionally, C.C. Meneley Elementary has the highest percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 41.4%, compared to 36.17% at Pau Wa Lu Middle School and 33.7% at G.L. Scarselli Elementary. The student-teacher ratios across the schools range from 17.2 at C.C. Meneley Elementary to 19.7 at Pau Wa Lu Middle School.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				SBAC Mathematics (2023)							SBAC Reading (2023)							SBAC Science (2023)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
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	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SBAC Mathematics 3rd Grade	SBAC Mathematics 4th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 5th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 6th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 7th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 8th Grade	SBAC Mathematics All Grades	SBAC Reading 3rd Grade	SBAC Reading 4th Grade	SBAC Reading 5th Grade	SBAC Reading 6th Grade	SBAC Reading 7th Grade	SBAC Reading 8th Grade	SBAC Reading All Grades	SBAC Science 5th Grade	SBAC Science 8th Grade	SBAC Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
C. C. Meneley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1446 Muir Dr	Gardnerville	89460	Douglas County	Douglas	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(775) 265-3154	413	24	17.2	41.4%	222 (53.8%)	3 (0.7%)	128 (31.0%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.6%)	35	218^th of 384 public elementary schools	43.2%		36.7	205^th of 380 public elementary schools	46.1%	13	33.3	24.1	21.9				26.8	43.1	36.2	28.1				36.1	28.1		28.1	$11,620	$1,420	$10,199
G. L. Scarselli Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	699 Long Valley Rd	Gardnerville	89460	Douglas County	Douglas	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(775) 265-2222	368	20	18.4	33.7%	256 (69.6%)	2 (0.5%)	80 (21.7%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.8%)	74.9	81^st of 384 public elementary schools	78.9%		65.7	100^th of 380 public elementary schools	73.7%	19	42.9	57.7	47.1				50.0	42.9	58.6	61.8				55.6	33.8		33.8	$12,581	$734	$11,847
Pau Wa Lu Middle School	Public	6-8	701 Long Valley Rd	Gardnerville	89460	Douglas County	Douglas	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(775) 265-6100	481	24	19.7	36.2%	293 (60.9%)	0 (0.0%)	126 (26.2%)	3 (0.6%)	31 (6.4%)	3 (0.6%)	25 (5.2%)	36.3	86^th of 152 public middle schools	43.4%		38.7	85^th of 151 public middle schools	43.7%	1				18.2	27.2	21.3	22.3				29.9	38.0	27.6	31.9		45.6	45.6	$12,381	$876	$11,504

Cities Near Zip Code 89460

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Gardnerville	0.42 mi	6	15^th
Minden	4.56 mi	7	8^th
Carson City	14.41 mi	14	18^th
Zephyr Cove	14.44 mi	2	10^th
Smith	22.2 mi	1

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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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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 89460

G. L. Scarselli Elementary School

Pau Wa Lu Middle School

C. C. Meneley Elementary School

Cities Near Zip Code 89460