Safety in Washoe County Schools: 428 Black students involved in criminal incidents in 2022-23 school year

NV Superintendent of Public Instruction Chad Aldis 2023 | Iowa Department of Education

By Washoe News

Dec 12, 2023

There were 428 Black students involved in criminal incidents at Washoe County schools in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Nevada Accountability Portal.

Black students committed 8% of the 8,428 criminal incidents in Washoe County schools in the 2022-23 school year. This is a decrease in the share of crimes committed by Black students compared to the year before.

The most common offense committed by Black students involved violence, occurring 78.7% of the time.

The year before, incidents involving violence were also the most common crimes committed by Black Washoe County students.

In fact, incidents involving violence were the most prevalent crimes among all students in Washoe County schools in the 2022-23 school year.

Overall, the total number of criminal incidents in Washoe County schools increased by 18.4% compared to the previous year.

Within Washoe County, William O'Brien Middle School experienced the highest level of student-perpetrated criminal activity.

Parents have raised concerns about increasing crime in Nevada schools.

“Nevada schools are in a state of crisis as classroom violence increases,” Sig and Lori Rogich wrote in an opinion column in the Reno Gazette Journal.

An analysis of school district police data by the Las Vegas Sun found that both the occurrence and intensity of crimes within schools are increasing dangerously.

Some data provided by the Nevada Accountability Portal may be incomplete, as it is subject to the limitations imposed by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

Ethnicity Breakdown of Washoe County Criminal Incidents in 2022-23 School Year

Washoe County Schools Criminal Incidents in 2022-23 School Year

School Name	Total Count of Incidents	% of Black Students Responsible
William O'Brien Middle School	599	6.5%
George L. Dilworth S.T.E.M. Academy	530	8.7%
Procter R. Hug High School	513	9%
North Valleys High School	505	6.9%
Archie Clayton Pre-A.P. Academy	385	14.5%
Desert Skies Middle School	367	4.1%
E. Otis Vaughn Middle School	266	7.5%
Earl Wooster High School	241	6.6%
Damonte Ranch High School	240	4.6%
Edward C. Reed High School	238	3.4%
Spanish Springs High School	218	7.8%
Reno High School	203	6.9%
Sparks High School	192	5.2%
Edward L. Pine Middle School	187	11.2%
Fred W. Traner Middle School	187	17.6%
Cold Springs Middle School	186	3.8%
Sparks Middle School	165	4.8%
Robert McQueen High School	139	10.1%
Darrel Swope Middle School	139	12.2%
Lou Mendive Middle School	131	7.6%
Sky Ranch Middle School	124	6.5%
Yvonne Shaw Middle School	121	5%
Mater Academy of Northern Nevada	116	12.9%
Billinghurst Middle School	98	3.1%
Galena High School	98	0%
Sun Valley Elementary	91	2.2%
Dorothy Lemelson S.T.E.M. Academy Elementary School	90	6.7%
Marce Herz Middle School	88	1.1%
Robert Mitchell Elementary	87	12.6%
Donner Springs Elementary	81	9.9%
Stead Elementary	79	22.8%
Sarah Winnemucca Elementary	72	9.7%
Sierra Nevada Academy Charter	66	3%
Bernice Mathews Elementary	64	14.1%
Kendyl Depoali Middle School	57	0%
Elmcrest Elementary	54	22.2%
Lois Allen Elementary	52	21.2%
Double Diamond Elementary	49	14.3%
Glenn Duncan S.T.E.M. Academy	47	14.9%
Libby Booth Elementary	46	26.1%
Incline High School	45	0%
Turning Point	44	0%
Ted Hunsberger Elementary	43	2.3%
Esther Bennett Elementary	40	7.5%
Innovations High School	40	5%
Coral Academy Elementary	39	15.4%
Peavine Elementary	38	15.8%
Miguel Sepulveda Elementary School	37	8.1%
Washoe Inspire Academy	36	5.6%
Lemmon Valley Elementary	35	8.6%
Michael Inskeep Elementary School	34	0%
Echo Loder Elementary School	34	35.3%
Silver Lake Elementary	34	0%
Anderson Elementary	33	27.3%
Rita Cannan Elementary	32	25%
Coral Academy Elementary-South	32	0%
Grace Warner Elementary	29	24.1%
Nick Poulakidas Elementary School	25	4%
enCompass Academy	24	0%
Katherine Dunn Elementary	23	0%
Florence Drake Elementary	22	0%
Alyce Taylor Elementary	21	0%
Alpine Academy High School	19	5.3%
Coral Academy High School	19	0%
Desert Heights Elementary	19	5.3%
Smithridge S.T.E.M. Academy	19	15.8%
Nancy Gomes Elementary	18	0%
High Desert Montessori	18	5.6%
Van Gorder Elementary	18	11.1%
Academy Of Arts Careers & Tech	17	0%
Roger Corbett Elementary	17	0%
Lloyd Diedrichsen Elementary	17	17.6%
Hunter Lake Elementary	17	0%
Agnes Risley Elementary	17	17.6%
Incline Elementary	16	0%
Jesse Hall Elementary School	15	0%
Incline Middle School	15	0%
George Westergard Elementary	15	0%
Alice Smith Elementary	14	0%
Lincoln Park Elementary	14	7.1%
Rollan Melton Elementary	14	0%
Jessie Beck Elementary	13	38.5%
Edwin S. Dodson Elementary	13	0%
Alice Maxwell Elementary	12	0%
Academy For Career Education	11	0%
Roy Gomm Elementary	10	10%
Virginia Palmer Elementary	10	0%
Marvin Moss Elementary	9	11.1%
Spanish Springs Elementary	9	0%
Kate Smith Elementary	7	42.9%
Verdi Elementary	7	0%
Natchez Elementary	6	0%
Mamie Towles Elementary	6	0%
Veterans Memorial S.T.E.M. Academy	6	0%
Bud Beasley Elementary	5	20%
Caughlin Ranch Elementary	5	0%
Jerry Whitehead Elementary	5	0%
Doral Academy of Northern Nevada	4	0%
Lena Juniper Elementary	4	0%
Mount Rose K-8 Academy Of Languages	4	0%
Greenbrae Elementary	3	0%
John Bohach Elementary School	3	0%
Elizabeth Lenz Elementary	2	0%
Pleasant Valley Elementary	2	0%
Hidden Valley Elementary	1	0%
Honors Academy of Literature	1	0%
Pinecrest Academy of Northern Nevada	1	0%
Bailey Charter School	0	0%
Brown Elementary	0	0%
Coral Academy Middle School	0	0%
Davidson Academy	0	0%
Gerlach K-12 School	0	0%
Huffaker Elementary	0	0%
Mariposa Dual Language Academy	0	0%
Nevada Connections Academy	0	0%
North Star Online School	0	0%
Nevada State High School II Meadowwood	0	0%
Marvin Picollo Elementary	0	0%
TMCC Magnet School	0	0%