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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Virginia Palmer Elementary, Sparks, NV

CEP schoolVirginia Palmer Elementary is a public elementary school in Sparks, part of Washoe County Public Schools. It enrolled 419 students in 2024-25, with 15.5 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "VIRGINIA PALMER ELEMENTARY".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
419
Teachers (FTE)
27.0
Students per teacher
15.5
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 3.7 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 school15.5
District19.2
Nevada19.8
United States15.3

School details

Address
5890 Klondike, Sparks, NV 89433
Phone
(775)674-4400
District
Washoe County Public Schools
County
Washoe County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
320048000324
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
419
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
419100.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
204Students 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.