Summary:
ZIP code 89511 in south Reno/South Meadows is home to six elementary schools — five in the Washoe County district and one state-sponsored charter — serving about 3,115 students across grades PK through 8. Doral Academy of Northern Nevada is the only K–8 campus and by far the largest at 996 students; the rest are K–5 or PK–5 schools ranging from 289 to 566 students.
Four of the six schools rank in the state's top 6%, which is an unusually strong concentration for one ZIP code. Ted Hunsberger Elementary is the top performer — #3 of 376 statewide, with the group's highest reading proficiency (82.3%) and lowest chronic absenteeism (6.5%), and it has improved its rank every year. Elizabeth Lenz Elementary (#22) leads K–5 schools in math at 76.4%, and Pleasant Valley Elementary (#24) has climbed steadily despite having the smallest enrollment (289). Doral Academy holds a 96th-percentile rank with nearly 1,000 students on the second-lowest per-student spending in the group. As a whole, these schools beat the state average by roughly 20–26 points in math, reading, and science.
Coral Academy Elementary-South is a steady 4-star school performing above state in both math and reading. Huffaker Elementary is the exception: the only 2-star school, the only one below the state in math (32.7%), and down 98 places over three years. Notably, every school in the ZIP keeps chronic absenteeism well below district and state rates, and higher spending does not line up with stronger results here. Science scores at Coral and Huffaker are suppressed by the state for privacy, so those figures should be read as unknown rather than low.
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