Summary:
ZIP code 89509 contains eight schools serving grades K–12 — four elementary schools (including Mount Rose K-8, which runs through eighth grade), one middle school, two high schools, and one alternative school — all part of the Washoe County School District in Nevada, with roughly 4,455 students enrolled across the ZIP. Enrollment is heavily concentrated: Reno High School has 1,741 students (about 39% of the total) and Darrel Swope Middle School has 1,027 (about 23%), while the remaining six schools are much smaller.
Three elementary schools stand out academically. Mount Rose K-8 Academy Of Languages ranks 21 of 376 elementary schools (94th percentile, 5 stars), leads the ZIP in all-grade proficiency (Math 79.4%, Reading 81.3%, Science 72.3%), and has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 8.0%. Hunter Lake Elementary ranks 11 of 376 (97th percentile, 5 stars) and posts Math 71.9% and Reading 75.6% despite 100% free/reduced lunch. Jessie Beck Elementary is a sustained 5-star performer at 31 of 376. Among older students, Reno High School (82nd percentile, 4 stars) beats district and state marks in ACT Math, ACT English, and EOC Science, though its 30.6% chronic absenteeism is above district and state; Darrel Swope Middle School (70th percentile, 4 stars) is solidly above average, especially in science.
The sharpest contrast is between Hunter Lake and Anderson Elementary. Both have 319 students and 100% free/reduced lunch, yet Anderson ranks 294 of 376 (22nd percentile, 1 star) with Math 22.6% and Reading 38.0% — even though it spends the most per student ($15,906) and has the smallest student-teacher ratio (14.1) among regular schools. enCompass Academy has a 91.3% graduation rate but 52.7% chronic absenteeism, and Turning Point, with just 14 students, reports 78.5% absenteeism and $143,342 per student — figures reflecting a tiny alternative program rather than a typical school. Where the state suppressed scores, treat them as unknown rather than as zero.
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