Summary:
ZIP code 89502 is home to four high schools — Earl Wooster High School, Academy Of Arts Careers & Technical, Academy For Career Education, and Washoe Inspire Academy — all part of the Washoe County district; three serve grades 9–12, while Washoe Inspire serves grades 6–12. Together they enroll 2,298 students, ranging from 113 at Washoe Inspire to 1,338 at Earl Wooster, which alone accounts for about 58% of the ZIP's high-school enrollment. All four share the same district profile (rank 4 of 12, 4 stars), so district ratings do not distinguish them — school-level data vary far more widely.
Academy Of Arts Careers & Technical is the academic standout, ranking 14th of 105 (87th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026 and higher in the two prior years; it posts the top reported ACT Math (40.2%) and ACT English (73.9%), with chronic absenteeism of 19.5%, below district and state. Academy For Career Education has by far the lowest chronic absenteeism (7.4%) and the highest End-of-Course Science proficiency (59.6%), against district 25.2% and state 26.5%. Earl Wooster, the largest school, shows the most difficult indicators: 58.3% chronic absenteeism, a rank of 99th of 105 (0 stars), ACT Math 11.1%, ACT English 28.8%, and End-of-Course Science 5%. Washoe Inspire is the smallest and most data-suppressed, with all 2025–2026 test scores suppressed and chronic absenteeism of 35.1%.
Two caveats matter for parents. First, poverty indicators split the group sharply — Wooster (100%) and Washoe Inspire (99.12%) have near-universal free/reduced-lunch participation, versus 31.27% and 24.3% for the other two — so the schools serve different populations. Second, spending and staffing do not track results simply: Washoe Inspire spends the most ($24,508), while Academy For Career Education spends the least ($8,705) yet has the strongest attendance and science results. Suppressed data and old graduation rates, such as 20.0% for Washoe Inspire in 2019–2020, should not be read as current.
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