The Washoe County School District (WCSD) is a

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district providing

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to students in all parts of Washoe County,

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, including the cities of

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and Sparks, and the unincorporated communities of

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Incline Village Incline Village is a census-designated place (CDP) on the north shore of Lake Tahoe in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The population was 8,777 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Reno− Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area. Until the 2 ...

, Sun Valley and Gerlach. The Washoe County School District is the second largest school district in Nevada with approximately 64,000 students enrolled in 96 schools. A board of seven elected trustees governs the Washoe County School District. The current president of the WCSD Board of Trustees is Katy Simon Holland. The trustees appoint a

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to lead the district in day-to-day operations.

Superintendent

Superintendent Dr. Susan Enfield leads the Washoe County School District. The Superintendent, as Chief Executive Officer, oversees the day-to-day activities of the District. Dr. Enfield provides support to the School Board and the Washoe County School District by managing the Strategic Plan in accordance with established goals. Dr. Seng-Dao Yang Keo is the district's Deputy Superintendent.

Schools

The WCSD currently has 66

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, 13 comprehensive

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High School, Innovations High School (a comprehensive high school of choice), Gerlach K-12, and the Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology. In the WCSD, elementary schools typically include

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, middle schools include

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, and high schools include

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. The WCSD is currently working to move sixth grade students to middle school and anticipates doing so as soon as three planned new middle schools are constructed.

K-12 schools

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(consolidation of Gerlach High School and Ernest M. Johnson Elementary School)

High schools

Damonte Ranch High School The Damonte Ranch High School (DRHS) opened in the Fall of 2003. Located in the Truckee Meadows, the school is the newest public high school in the Washoe County School District. Located in southeast Reno, the High School is named for the Damonte ...

* Galena High School *

Hug High School Procter R. Hug High School is a fully accredited public high school in Reno, Nevada, and belongs to the Washoe County School District. Hug High was built on a hillside in east Reno in 1968 to serve students from rapidly growing areas. Like many ...

Incline High School Incline High School is located in Incline Village, Nevada near Lake Tahoe. It is accredited by the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools. It is part of the Washoe County School District The Washoe County School District (WCSD) ...

Robert McQueen High School Robert McQueen High School is a public secondary school in Reno, Nevada, United States. It is part of the Washoe County School District. History The school was named for Dr. Robert McQueen, emeritus professor of psychology at the University of N ...

North Valleys High School North Valleys High School is located in north Reno, Nevada. NVHS belongs to the Washoe County School District. It was built in 2001 and currently has a student body of roughly 2,250 students. North Valleys competes in the Northern Nevada 3A Regi ...

Reno High School Reno High School (RHS) is a public secondary school in Reno, Nevada, United States. It is a part of the Washoe County School District. The school's teams are known as the Reno Huskies, and the school colors are red and blue. History Reno High w ...

* Edward C. Reed High School *

Spanish Springs High School Spanish Springs High School is a public secondary school in unincorporated Washoe County serving students living in Spanish Springs and Sparks, Nevada, part of the Washoe County School District; it is one of three public high schools serving the ...

Sparks High School Sparks High School is a public high school located at 820 15th Street, Sparks, Nevada, United States. It serves about 1150 students as a member of the Washoe County School District. It is ranked in the top-1000 schools based on the number of AP ex ...

Earl Wooster High School Earl Wooster High School , or Wooster High School (WHS), is a public secondary school in Reno, Nevada that is a part of the Washoe County School District. Its mascot is the Colt and the school colors are scarlet, white, and silver. As of the 20 ...

* Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology * Coral Academy of Science High School * Innovations High School * TMCC Magnet High School * North Star Online School * Academy of Career Education Charter School

K-8 schools

* Mount Rose K-8 School

Middle schools

* B.D. Billinghurst Middle School * Clayton Middle School * Cold Springs Middle School * Depoali Middle School * Dilworth STEM Academy * Marce Herz Middle School * Incline Middle School * Mendive Middle School * O'Brien STEM Academy * Pine Middle School * Yvonne Shaw Middle School * Sparks Middle School * Darrel C. Swope Middle School * Fred W. Traner Middle School * Vaughn Middle School * Desert Skies Middle School * Sky Ranch Middle School

Elementary-schools

* Lois Allen * Anderson * Bud Beasley * Jesse Beck * Esther Bennett * John Bohach * Libby C. Booth * Brown * Rita Cannan * Caughlin Ranch * Roger Corbett * Desert Heights * Lloyd Diedrichsen * Edwin Dodson * Donner Springs * Double Diamond * Florence Drake * Glenn Duncan STEM * Katherine Dunn * Elmcrest * Nancy Gomes * Roy Gomm * Grace Warner * Greenbrae * Hidden Valley * Huffaker * Ted Hunsberger * Hunter Lake * Jesse Hall * Incline * Michael Inskeep * Lena Juniper * Lemelson STEM * Lemmon Valley * Elizabeth Lenz * Lincoln Park * Echo Loder * Bernice Mathews * Alice Maxwell * Rollan Melton * Robert Mitchell * Marvin Moss * Natchez * Virginia Palmer * Peavine * Marvin Picollo Special Education School * Pleasant Valley * Nick Poulakidas * JWood Raw * Agnes Risley * Miguel Sepulveda * Silver Lake * Alice Smith * Kate Smith * Smithridge STEM * Spanish Springs * Stead * Sun Valley * Alyce Taylor * Mamie Towles * Edward Van Gorder * Verdi * Veterans Memorial STEM * Westergard * Jerry Whitehead * Sarah Winnemucca Circa 2000 Natchez, in

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, had about 160 students with 94% being Native American. Enrollment remained at the same level as of 2016. The school is on the

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and is the only school in the district that is on a Native American reservation. Holly O'Driscoll of the '' Nevada Living Magazine'' described it as "a small, older" facility. In 2017 Siobhan McAndrew of the ''

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'' stated that historically Natchez had issues with academic performance but by 2017 had a new principal and newly-hired teachers. The district extensively renovated the school in summer 2017, spending $1.5 million to do so.

2013 Sparks Middle School shooting

A student opened fire at Sparks Middle School, a Washoe County School District school. Two students were critically injured, and a teacher was fatally shot while trying to intervene with the student. The gunman then committed suicide by shooting himself. Students from the school were evacuated and were placed at Sparks High School, where they held until they were picked up by their guardians.

References

External links

* http://www.washoe.k12.nv.us/community/press-releases/2011-09-14/graduation-rate-improves-for-second-year-in-a-row
http://washoecountyschools.org/community/office-of-superintendent/superintendent

Washoe County School District
* http://www.washoe.k12.nv.us/community/press-releases/2011-09-14/graduation-rate-improves-for-second-year-in-a-row {{Education in Washoe County, Nevada School districts in Nevada Education in Washoe County, Nevada