Universities and Colleges

The University of Nevada, Reno is the oldest university in the state of Nevada and Nevada System of Higher Education. In 1886, the state university, previously only a college preparatory school, moved from Elko in remote northeastern Nevada to a site north of downtown Reno, where it became a full-fledged state college. The university’s first building, Morill Hall, still stands on the historic quad at the campus’ southern end.

The university grew slowly over the decades, but began to expand rapidly along with the rest of the state and currently has an enrollment of approximately 15,000, with most students hailing from within Nevada. Among its specialties are mining engineering, agriculture, journalism, and one of only two Basque Studies programs in the nation. It also houses the only judicial college in the United States.

Truckee Meadows Community College is a regionally accredited, two year institution which is part of the Nevada System of Higher Education. The college has an enrollment of approximately 13,000 students attending classes at a primary campus and four satellite centers. The college offers a wide range of academic and university transfer programs, occupational training, career enhancement workshops, and classes just for fun.

Courses are conducted daytime and evening in the classroom, by cablecast, and on the Internet. TMCC offers associate of arts, associate of science, associate of applied science or associate of general studies degrees, one-year certificates, or certificates of completion in more than 50 career fields, including architecture, auto/diesel mechanics, criminal justice, dental hygiene, graphic design, nursing, and welding.

Public schools

Public education is provided by the Washoe County School District.
Reno has eleven public high schools: Damonte Ranch High School, Galena High School, Hug High School, I Can Do Anything Charter High School, Robert McQueen High School, North Valleys High School, Regional Technical Institute High School, Reno High School, Truckee Meadows Community College High School, Washoe High School, and Earl Wooster High School.
There are also three public high schools in neighboring Sparks, attended by many students who live in Reno: Edward C. Reed High School, Spanish Springs High School, and Sparks High School.
Reno-Sparks has 16 middle schools: Billinghurst, Clayton, Damonte Ranch, Dilworth, Gerlach, Incline, Mendive, O’Brien, Pine, Shaw, Spanish Springs, Sparks, Swope, Traner, Vaughn, and Washoe.
Reno-Sparks’s elementary schools are 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, Incline, Johnson, Juniper, Lemmon Valley, Elizabeth Lenz, Lincoln Park, Loder, Mathews, Maxwell, Melton, Mitchell, Moss, Mount Rose, Natchez, Palmer, Peavine, Picollo Special Education School, Pleasant Valley, Risley, Sierra Vista, Silver Lake, Alice Smith, Kate Smith, Smithridge, Spanish Springs, Stead, Sun Valley, Taylor, Towles, Van Gorder, Verdi, Veterans Memorial, Warner, Westergaurd, Whitehead, and Winnemucca.

Private schools

Reno has several private high schools, the largest of which is Bishop Manogue High School. The only college preparatory school in Reno is Sage Ridge School.