Regular local school district · Douglas County
Douglas County Public Schools, NV: schools, enrollment and spending
Douglas County Public Schools runs 15 public schools with 4,943 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.7 students per teacher is 2.1 lower than the Nevada figure of 19.8.Listed in NCES data as "Douglas".
At a glance
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 4,943
- Teachers (FTE)
- 279
- Students per teacher
- 17.7
- NV: 19.8 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1638 Mono Avenue, Minden, NV 89423
- Phone
- (775)782-5134
- County
- Douglas County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3200090
- State district ID
- NV-03
- Total staff (FTE)
- 707
- School counselors (FTE)
- 17.0About 291 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 22.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.7
Nevada19.8
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (5,385), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $74.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.6 million
- State revenue
- $15.7 million
- Local revenue
- $53.2 million
- Total spending
- $67.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,606
- Salaries
- $37.3 million55.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $42.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.5%
- State: 21.1%
- Local: 71.4%
Nevada overall
- Federal: 11.4%
- State: 33.2%
- Local: 55.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,606
Nevada$12,177
United States$16,826
Schools in Douglas County Public Schools
By level: 4 high, 3 middle, 7 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| ALT School | Other | 4 to 12 | 4 | |
| ASPIRE Academy High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 82 | 13.7 |
| C. C. Meneley Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 363 | 16.5 |
| Carson Valley Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 591 | 21.9 |
| Douglas High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,510 | 20.1 |
| Douglas Nevada Online | Middle | 6 to 8 | 5 | |
| G. L. Scarselli Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 305 | 16.9 |
| Gardnerville Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 300 | 16.7 |
| George Whittell High School | High | 6 to 12 | 139 | 5.8 |
| Jacks Valley Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 364 | 15.8 |
| Jacobsen High School | High | 7 to 12 | 24 | |
| Minden Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 371 | 19.5 |
| Pau Wa Lu Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 460 | 19.2 |
| Pinon Hills Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 256 | 16.0 |
| Zephyr Cove Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 153 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.