Best High Schools in Ely, NV

Summary:

The city of Ely, Nevada is home to two high schools: White Pine High School and Steptoe Valley High School, both serving grades 9-12 and part of the White Pine County School District. While White Pine High School has shown improvement in its ranking and academic performance, Steptoe Valley High School has consistently ranked among the lowest in the state.

White Pine High School is the higher-performing of the two, ranking 45th out of 103 Nevada high schools in the 2024-2025 school year with a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school has demonstrated progress, moving from 65th in 2023-2024 to 55th in 2022-2023. Additionally, White Pine High School outperformed the district and state averages in several academic areas, including ACT English and EOC Science Exam. In contrast, Steptoe Valley High School has maintained a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past three school years, ranking 112th out of 136 Nevada high schools in the 2018-2019 school year.

Both high schools face similar challenges, with high chronic absenteeism rates of 26.6% and 100% of their students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage. While White Pine High School has a higher per-student spending of $12,672 in the 2021-2022 school year compared to $11,383 for Steptoe Valley High School, the latter has a significantly lower student-teacher ratio of 23, compared to 91.9 at White Pine High School.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT English (2025)	EOC Science Exam Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT English 11th Grade	EOC Science Exam Science End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
White Pine High School	Public	9-12	1800 Bobcat Drive	Ely	89301	White Pine County	White Pine County School District	No	No	No	No	(775) 289-4811	365	19	19.0	100.0%	254 (69.6%)	3 (0.8%)	73 (20.0%)	4 (1.1%)	8 (2.2%)	2 (0.5%)	21 (5.8%)	52.6	45^th of 103 public high schools	56.3%		29.1	65^th of 97 public high schools	33.0%	20	25.0	56.7	26.4	$12,672	$1,558	$11,114
Steptoe Valley High School	Public	9-12	700 Aultman Street	Ely	89301	White Pine County	White Pine County School District	No	No	No	No	(775) 289-2999	24	2	12.0	100.0%	15 (62.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (16.7%)								(n/a)				$11,383	$4,617	$6,766

Cities Near Ely

City	Distance	# of Schools
Mc Gill	5.62 mi	1
Lund	36.5 mi	2
Baker	48.08 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Nevada Department of Education.

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