Photo: Ken Lund from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Sparks’s public schools outscore 63% of Nevada districts
The grade covers the public school district serving Sparks, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. In Sparks, 32% of tested students are proficient in math, above the Nevada average (28%). Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Nevada, not nationally.
From Nevada state tests taken in spring 2022, when 100% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Sparks’s schools, in brief
Above the state on tests
Reading proficiency is 46% and math 32% in spring 2022, against 44% and 28% statewide; 81% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 81%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
The district spends $13,902 per student, against $14,868 across Nevada (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓
16 elementary schools, then four middle and three high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Choice beyond the district
Alpine Academy High School, Excel Christian School (private), Imagination Station (private) and Pebbles Preschool and Kindergarten (private) are in town. Every school ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Sparks’s grade
B: better than 63% of Nevada school districts, #7 of 42 Nevada towns. Test scores are above the Nevada average; graduation is below it.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Sparks, with each school’s own grade.
9th grade in Sparks · depends on your address
Edward C. Reed High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,092 students · 24:1 students per teacher
Procter R. Hug High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,008 students · 21:1 students per teacher
Sparks High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,211 students · 20:1 students per teacher
10th grade in Sparks · depends on your address
Edward C. Reed High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,092 students · 24:1 students per teacher
Procter R. Hug High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,008 students · 21:1 students per teacher
Sparks High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,211 students · 20:1 students per teacher
Sparks’s public schools are run by Washoe County School District, which also serves Reno. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Above the state in reading
Sparks vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Nevada towns that share Sparks’s borders.
Every school in Sparks
27 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Nevada’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Sparks’s schools
Are Sparks’s schools good?
They sit near the middle of Nevada: the public schools Sparks children attend outscore 63% of Nevada’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B Schools grade, #7 of 42 Nevada towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 65%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Sparks in?
Washoe County School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 63,412 students in 113 schools (2024–25).
Where do Sparks kids go to high school?
One of 3 high schools, depending on your address: Edward C. Reed High School, Procter R. Hug High School and Sparks High School.
What is Sparks’s graduation rate?
81% of the class of 2023 in Washoe County School District graduated in four years, against 81% across Nevada.
How much does Sparks spend per student?
$13,902 in Washoe County School District (FY2024), against $14,868 across Nevada. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Are there private schools in Sparks?
Yes: Excel Christian School (religious, grades PK–12, 236 students), Imagination Station (nonsectarian, grades PK–3, 173 students) and Pebbles Preschool and Kindergarten (religious, grades K, 11 students). Sparks also has 1 charter school, free and open by application.
Parents talk
What Sparks families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Sparks → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Nevada. Stars are from neighbors.