📍 13948 Mount Bismark Street, Reno, Washoe County, 89506
Desert Heights Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Reno, Washoe County. The school has 463 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Washoe County School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1. 24% of students are proficient in reading. 14% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Desert Heights Elementary enrolls 463 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Hispanic or Latino, 34% White and 9.3% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 220 | 48% |
| White | 156 | 34% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 43 | 9.3% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 5.2% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
463 of the school's 463 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 443 qualify for free lunch and 20 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Desert Heights Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NV-20, state senate district 14, state house district 32.
Desert Heights Elementary is one of 112 schools in Washoe County, based in RENO, Nevada. The district serves 63,559 students district-wide and employs 3,215 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 463 students, Desert Heights Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 567 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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