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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Desert Heights Elementary, Reno, NV

CEP schoolDesert Heights Elementary is a public elementary school in Reno, part of Washoe County Public Schools. It enrolled 474 students in 2024-25, with 18.2 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "DESERT HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
474
Teachers (FTE)
26.0
Students per teacher
18.2
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 1.0 lower than the district figure of 19.2. The Nevada average across schools is 19.8. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.2
District19.2
Nevada19.8
United States15.3

School details

Address
13948 Mount Bismark Street, Reno, NV 89506
Phone
(775)677-5444
District
Washoe County Public Schools
County
Washoe County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
320048000426
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
474
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
474100.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
219Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Washoe County Public Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.