Virginia Palmer Elementary School

Sparks, NV 89433

Phone: (775) 674-4400
Fax: (775) 674-4417
District: Washoe County School District

6

GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades PK-6 • 419 students

Sparks's Virginia Palmer Elementary School serves grades PK-6 in the Washoe County School District. It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 6 out of 10, based on its performance on state standardized tests.

Virginia Palmer Elementary School is a public school located in Sparks, NV. 419 students attend Virginia Palmer Elementary School.

School Ratings

Category Rating Details
Test Scores 4/10 The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Criterion Referenced Tests (CRT) data from Nevada Department of Education, and using 2025 Smarter Balanced Assessment data from Nevada Department of Education.
Academic Progress 5/10 The Academic Progress Rating is a growth proxy rating based on a model using unmatched cohorts, or school-level data instead of student-level data. The Academic Progress Rating was created using 2024 and 2025 Smarter Balanced Assessment data from Nevada Department of Education, using 2024 and 2025 Criterion Referenced Tests (CRT) data from Nevada Department of Education, and using 2023 demographic data from the National Center for Education Statistics.

Posted: October 2, 2013

Everyone at Palmer is wonderful! They participate is wonderful programs and my daughter has opened up out of her shell in the years she has attended! She loves all the teachers and Mrs. Tuttle is the very best! Since we have moved here I am so glad that we chose Palmer for our daughter!

Reviews provided by GreatSchools™

# Name Type City State Overall Rating Distance
1 Spanish Springs Neighborhood/Subdivision Sparks NV 4.3 mi
# Name City State Overall Rating Distance
1 Stead Reno NV 7.4 mi
Base Distance
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