The top reported proficiency rate is 51% in English language arts. The lowest is 14% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Double Diamond Elementary
Double Diamond Elementary sits on South Meadows Parkway in the southern reaches of Reno, part of the Washoe County School District. It is a regular public school serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, and its enrollment places it among the larger elementary schools in its area. The surrounding zip code is one of the more expensive housing markets in the state. Typical home values here run well above both the Nevada and national benchmarks, with a price-to-income ratio that signals a stretch for many families. Monthly mortgage costs substantially exceed typical rents, so renting is the more accessible entry point, though rents themselves have been climbing. The broader Reno area has been absorbing large-scale investment from technology and logistics companies, publicly reported names including Tesla, Amazon, Panasonic, Microsoft, Apple, and Google. That growth has reshaped the city's identity from a casino and divorce-tourism town into something of a tech-adjacent metro, though Reno retains its gambling halls, its Truckee River corridor, and easy access to Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada. The city is sprawling and largely car-dependent outside its downtown core.
The school's peer environment reflects a moderately diverse student body. White students form a plurality, with Hispanic students the next largest group, followed by a meaningful share of students identifying as two or more races. Smaller populations of Asian, Black, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaska Native students round out the enrollment. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is below the levels seen in many high-poverty urban schools but still represents a substantial share of families needing meal support. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not reported, so those populations cannot be characterized here. A parent with specific questions about special education services or language support would want to ask the school directly.
On Nevada's SBAC assessments for the most recent reported year, Double Diamond's results are mixed. Roughly half of tested students reached proficiency in English language arts, and just under half did so in math. These are middling results, neither standout nor alarming for a school of this size and demographic mix, and participation was strong across all subjects. Science tells a different story. Only a small fraction of fifth-grade students scored proficient on the state science assessment, a result that stands well below the school's reading and math outcomes. Because only one grade takes the science test, a single cohort can swing the number, but the gap is wide enough that a parent may want to look into this further with the school, asking how science instruction is structured across the upper grades and what supports are in place.
No program offerings, course access, staffing ratios, discipline data, or attendance figures were available in the data provided, so this account cannot speak to enrichment, arts, physical education, class sizes, or school climate. Civil-rights data was also absent. The school does not carry charter or magnet status, and no Title I designation was reported, though the free-or-reduced-lunch rate suggests the school may serve a population that qualifies for additional supports. Without locale classification or neighbor comparison data, positioning Double Diamond against nearby schools is not possible from what is here.
What the available picture does convey is a growing, relatively affluent south Reno neighborhood feeding into a standard public elementary school with average reading and math outcomes, a concerning science result, and a student body that is diverse but not high-poverty. Families drawn to the area by Reno's tech-driven employment boom will find a school that functions as a conventional neighborhood campus within a large county district, in a housing market that rewards those who already have equity.
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