Middle · Nevada

Sparks Middle School

Free meals for all

Sparks Middle School, a public middle school in Sparks, Nevada: grades 6–8, 622 students, 19.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Washoe County.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 622
Teachers (FTE): 32.0
Students per teacher: 19.4
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 65% of middle schools in Nevada

Median 21.2 · 111 schools compared

More students per teacher than 85% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 62% of middle schools in Nevada

Median 785 · 117 schools compared

Larger than 61% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Nevada's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Nevada: 46%

20%proficient

+3.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 92% of middle schools in Nevada

Median 38% · 113 middle schools compared

639 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Nevada: 35%

11%proficient

−0.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 77% of middle schools in Nevada

Median 22% · 111 middle schools compared

636 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Washoe County

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Washoe County.

Location

Address: 2275 18th Street, Sparks, NV 89431
Phone: (775)353-5770
City or town: Sparks
County: Washoe County

Website Quality of life in Sparks Schools in Sparks

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
George L. Dilworth S.T.E.M AcademyFree meals for all	6–8	613	17.5	26%	15%	1.4 mi
Fred W. Traner Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	530	18.0	25%	9.7%	1.5 mi
Coral Academy Middle SchoolCharter	5–8	588	28.0	62%	39%	1.8 mi
E. Otis Vaughn Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	554	18.2	20%	11%	2.9 mi
Lou Mendive Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	964	21.0	46%	29%	3.3 mi
Archie Clayton Pre-A.P. AcademyFree meals for all	6–8	667	21.5	42%	27%	4.3 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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