The Washoe County School District (WCSD) is a public school district providing public education

Public education

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 to students in Washoe County

Washoe County, Nevada

Washoe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. The population was 421,407 at the 2010 census. Its county seat is Reno. Washoe County includes the Reno-Sparks metropolitan area.-History:...

, Nevada

Nevada

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, including the cities of Reno

Reno, Nevada

Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...

, Sparks

Sparks, Nevada

Sparks is a city in Washoe County, Nevada, United States, located east of Reno, Nevada. The 2010 U.S. Census Bureau population count was 90,264. Sparks is often referred to as half of a twin city .-Geography and Climate:...

, Verdi

Verdi-Mogul, Nevada

Verdi-Mogul is a census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. It lies on the western side of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area, just off Interstate 80. The population was 2,949 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

, Incline Village

Incline Village-Crystal Bay, Nevada

-Education:Incline Village is served by three main school systems, Sierra Nevada College , Incline Elementary, Middle, and High School , and The . Incline High School "We The People" team was recently awarded the "Western Region Award" at the annual 'We the People: The Citizen and the...

, and Gerlach

Gerlach

-Personal names:* Carl R. Gerlach, mayor of Overland Park, Kansas* Charles L. Gerlach , U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania* Saint Gerlach, Dutch saint* Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden , Count of Nassau...

. As of September 2006, the school district

School district

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 had 63,098 students enrolled. It is the second largest school district in the state of Nevada. The school board typically meets three times monthly: once for planning and budgeting; once for
performance monitoring; and once as a regular business meeting.

The Board of Trustees appoint a superintendent

Superintendent (education)

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 who is in charge of the day-to-day operations of the school district. The current superintendent is Dr.Heath morrison who was appointed interim superintendent in July 2009 and was selected as the permanent superintendent in January 2010. The organizational structure of the district has recently changed. Currently, there are three additional superintendents in charge of specific areas (elementary education, secondary education, and operations). There are also four assistant superintendents (for human resources, high school education, student support services, and public policy, accountability, and management).

On September 14th 2011 Washoe County School District announced that, under the leadership of Dr.Heath Morrison and the Board of Trustees,the district's graduation rate had for the second consecutive year, improved by 7% Bringing the districts graduation rate up 14% in just two years.

Schools

The WCSD currently has 64 elementary schools, a special education

Special education

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 school, 15 middle schools, 12 comprehensive high schools, Truckee Meadows Community College

Truckee Meadows Community College

Truckee Meadows Community College is a community college located in the U.S. state of Nevada primarily in the city of Reno. From 1971 to 1979 the college was a branch of Western Nevada Community College. Its current name is based on its primary service area, Truckee Meadows in Washoe County,...

 (TMCC) High School, Washoe High School (an alternative school) and the Regional Technical Institute.

In the WCSD, elementary schools typically include kindergarten

Kindergarten

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 through sixth grade

Sixth grade

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, middle schools include seventh grade

Seventh grade

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 and eighth grade

Eighth grade

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, and high schools include ninth grade

Ninth grade

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 through twelfth grade

Twelfth grade

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.

High schools

• Damonte Ranch High School
  Damonte Ranch High School
  Damonte Ranch High School is the newest public high school in the Washoe County School District, located in southeast Reno. DRHS opened in the Fall of 2003 as a combined middle school and high school, to help alleviate the overcrowding at Pine Middle School until Depoali Middle School was built...
  
  
• Galena High School
• Gerlach High School
• Hug 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 northeast Reno in 1968 to serve students from rapidly growing areas in northeast Reno, northwest Reno and the Northern...
  
  
• I Can Do Anything Charter High School
• Incline High School
• Robert McQueen High School
  Robert McQueen High School
  Robert McQueen High School is a public secondary school in Reno, Nevada, USA. 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 Nevada, Reno. During his tenure from 1955–1991, Dr...
  
  
• North Valleys High School
  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...
  
  
• Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology
  Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology
  The Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology is a career-tech high school in Reno, Nevada that is a part of the Washoe County School District. The school mascot is the Trailblazer and the school colors are maroon and silver...
  
  
• Reno High School
  Reno High School
  Reno High School is a public secondary school in Reno, Nevada that is a part of the Washoe County School District. The school mascot is the Husky, and the school's colors are red and blue. Their teams are known as the "Reno Huskies."-History:...
  
  
• Truckee Meadows Community College High School
• Washoe High School
• Earl Wooster High School
  Earl Wooster High School
  Earl Wooster High School, or Wooster High School , 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 2010 school year, Wooster was ranked 177th on Newsweek...
  
  
• Edward C. Reed High School
  Edward C. Reed High School
  Edward C. Reed High School is a public secondary school in Sparks, Nevada and is one of three public high schools run by the Washoe County School District within the city of Sparks. The school was founded in the winter of 1974 to accommodate the ever growing population of students that had flooded...
  
  
• Spanish Springs High School
  Spanish Springs High School
  Spanish Springs High School is a public secondary school in Sparks, Nevada, part of the Washoe County School District; it is one of only three public high schools within the city of Sparks.-Athletics:...
  
  
• Sparks High School
  Sparks High School
  Sparks High School is located in 15th street, Sparks, Nevada 89431currently serves about 1150 students. It is currently ranked in the top-1000 schools based on the number of AP exams.- Athletics :...
  
  

Middle schools

• Billinghurst
• Clayton
• Cold Springs
• Depoali
• Dilworth
• Gerlach
• Incline
• Mendive
• O'Brien
• Pine
• Shaw
• Sparks
• Swope
• Traner
• Vaughn
• Washoe

Elementary schools

• Allen
• Anderson
• Beasley
• Jesse Beck
• Bennett
• Booth
• Brown
• Cannan
• Caughlin Ranch
• Corbett
• Desert Heights
• Diedrichsen
• Dodson
• Donner Springs
• Double Diamond
• Drake
• Duncan
• Dunn
• Elmcrest
• Gomes
• Roy Gomm
• Greenbrae
• Hidden Valley
• Huffaker
• Hunsberger
• Hunter Lake
• Jesse Hall
• Johnson
• Lena Juniper
• Lemmon Valley
• Elizabeth Lenz
• Lincoln Park
• Echo Loder
• Mathews
• Maxwell
• Melton
• Mitchell
• Moss
• Mount Rose
• Natchez
• Palmer
• Peavine
• Picollo Special Education School
• Pleasant Valley
• Risley
• Sepulveda
• Sierra Vista
• Silver Lake
• Alice Smith
• Kate Smith
• Smithridge
• Spanish Springs
• Stead
• Sun Valley
• Taylor
• Towles
• Van Gorder
• Verdi
• Veterans Memorial
• Warner
• Westergard
• Whitehead
• Winnemucca
• Incline Elementary

External links

• 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