Summary:
ZIP code 89508 has just one public middle school: Cold Springs Middle School, located at 18235 Cody Court in Reno. It serves grades 6–8 with about 612 students — roughly 200 per grade — and belongs to the Washoe County district, a 4-star district ranked 4th of 12 in Nevada. Because it is the only middle school in the ZIP, there is no local peer to compare it with; the meaningful yardsticks are the district and the state.
Academically, the school is the weakest link inside a strong district. It carries a 1-star rating and has ranked 110th of 148 Nevada middle schools (26th percentile), placing it in the bottom quarter — though that is up from 120th the prior year, a two-year climb. In 2025‑26, 16.4% of students were proficient in math versus about 37% in the district and state — a gap of roughly 20 points. Reading stood at 32.2% against 44–45%. Science is the bright spot: 30.2%, with the fairest comparison — 8th grade — only about 3 points behind the district, the narrowest gap of any subject. Reading and science improved 4.8 and 7.3 points year over year while the district and state were flat or declining; math is the standout problem, with its gap unchanged.
Two things shape the school's context. Every student (100%) qualifies for free or reduced lunch, and chronic absenteeism is 30.5% — nearly one in three students — above the district (27.5%) and state (25.5%). Per-student spending is $11,633 and the student–teacher ratio is 25.9, roughly 24 teachers for 612 students; neither figure comes with a benchmark, so treat them as open questions rather than strengths or weaknesses. The bottom line: a fully economically disadvantaged school that is improving faster than its benchmarks but still sits in the bottom quarter, with math as the clear priority. Note that grade-level figures compare different groups of students, not a single group tracked over time.
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