Summary:
ZIP code 89523 in Reno, Nevada, has one public high school, Robert McQueen High School, serving grades 9–12 with 1,727 students in the Washoe County district. Because it is the only high school in this ZIP code, parents can treat this as a single-school profile rather than a comparison among local high schools. The district is rated 4 stars and ranks 4 of 12, at the 67th percentile.
Academically, the school shows several strengths. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate is 87.1%, above the district’s 83.3% and the state’s 85.4%. In 2025–2026 reported test scores, it exceeded both district and state in ACT English at 59.8% proficient (district 51.3%, state 50.8%), ACT Math at 33.3% (district 26.9%, state 22.6%), and EOC Science End of Course at 33.5% (district 25.2%, state 26.5%). ACT results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: English rose from 44.8% to 59.8%, and Math rose from 26.8% to 33.3%, though these are different student cohorts; in 2024–2025, however, English was below the state’s 47.6%. The school has held 3 stars for three reported years, with percentile moving from 66 in 2023–2024 to 59 in 2024–2025 to 61 in 2025–2026. Some 2025–2026 9th- and 10th-grade science scores are suppressed, so those results are unknown.
The main concern is chronic absenteeism: 39.6% in 2025–2026, which is 12.1 percentage points above the district’s 27.5% and 14.1 percentage points above the state’s 25.5%. Other context includes a student-teacher ratio of 25.7:1, free/reduced lunch at 26.75%, and per-student spending of $10,230. Overall, Robert McQueen High School has above-average graduation and several strong test-score results, but attendance is a clear challenge for families to ask about.
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