Summary:
ZIP code 89521 in Reno, Nevada contains 7 schools — 4 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high schools — serving 5,760 students, with six schools in Washoe County (district rank 4 of 12, 67th percentile, 4 stars) and one, Nevada Connections Academy, in State Sponsored Charter Schools (rank 2 of 12, 83rd percentile, 5 stars). High schools account for 48.5% of enrollment, elementary 35.5%, and middle school 16.0%.
The ZIP's K-8 core is strong. Nick Poulakidas Elementary School leads in math at 70.8% and has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the ZIP at 9.7%. Jwood Raw Elementary School leads in reading at 67.7% and elementary science at 36.7%. Brown Elementary is close behind (60.3% math, 65.0% reading), while Double Diamond Elementary is the lowest-ranked elementary at the 62nd percentile, with science at 17.9%. Kendyl Depoali Middle School exceeds district and state averages in every core subject, with science at 50.0% versus the state's 25.5%. At the high school level, Damonte Ranch High School posts the strongest ACT results (math 34%, English 53.3%) but the ZIP's highest chronic absenteeism at 37.7%. Nevada Connections Academy has low absenteeism at 13.0%, but its ACT math is under 5%, English is 33.6%, and its rank percentile is 30th.
Three patterns stand out for families. First, elementary math and reading average about 61.7% and 62.0%, far above state averages of 36.2% and 45.2%, but elementary science averages only about 28.1% against the state's 25.5% — a modest edge and the weakest link. Second, attendance is healthy almost everywhere: six of seven schools fall below the district's 27.5% and state's 25.5% chronic absenteeism rates, with Damonte Ranch the lone exception. Third, spending and class size do not track outcomes cleanly — Double Diamond has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 15.7 yet the lowest elementary proficiency, while Nevada Connections spends the least ($9,798) with the largest ratio (31.4). Improvement trends are mixed, and science declined year over year at most schools with reported data.
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