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Best Public Schools in Elko County, NV

Coming soon: We're expecting this year's test scores from the Nevada Department of Education any day now — new rankings will be posted the moment they're released!

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At a glance

Schools

9,977

Students

Districts

Top rankedElko Institute for Academic Achievement51^st of 379 Nevada elementary schools

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Biggest riser

West Wendover Elementary School up 68 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Wells High School 6.6 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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21 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT English (2025)	EOC Science Exam Science (2025)	SBAC Mathematics (2025)							SBAC Reading (2025)							SBAC 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	SBAC Mathematics 3rd Grade	SBAC Mathematics 4th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 5th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 6th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 7th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 8th Grade	SBAC Mathematics All Grades	SBAC Reading 3rd Grade	SBAC Reading 4th Grade	SBAC Reading 5th Grade	SBAC Reading 6th Grade	SBAC Reading 7th Grade	SBAC Reading 8th Grade	SBAC Reading All Grades	SBAC Science 5th Grade	SBAC Science 8th Grade	SBAC Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Elko Institute for Academic Achievement	Public, Charter	K-8	905 W Main Street	Elko	89801	Elko County	State Sponsored Charter Schools	Yes	No	No	No	(775) 738-3422	398	17	23.4	28.6%	230 (57.8%)	10 (2.5%)	122 (30.7%)	4 (1.0%)	8 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.0%)	83.6	51^st of 379 public elementary schools	86.5%		84.3	46^th of 377 public elementary schools	87.8%	5				63.0	47.8	57.7	56.8	53.4	61.2	56.4	58.6	65.2	71.1	73.8	74.4	67.7	68.3			38.1	$9,022	$461	$8,561
Independence High School	Public	6-12	100 Youth Center Rd	Elko	89801	Elko County	Correctional School District	No	No	No	No	(775) 738-5907	40	8	5.0		5 (12.5%)	19 (47.5%)	13 (32.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.5%)	1 (2.5%)	1 (2.5%)								(n/a)
Carlin Elementary School	Public	K-6	552 8th Street	Carlin	89822	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 754-6317	183	10	18.3	100.0%	138 (75.4%)	1 (0.5%)	29 (15.8%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.6%)	9 (4.9%)								(n/a)										21.5							22.5				$13,847	$885	$12,961
Grammar School 2	Public	PK, KG-4	1055 7th Street	Elko	89801	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 738-7161	341	18	18.9	100.0%	182 (53.4%)	1 (0.3%)	89 (26.1%)	6 (1.8%)	43 (12.6%)	4 (1.2%)	16 (4.7%)	31.7	239^th of 379 public elementary schools	36.9%		33.9	226^th of 377 public elementary schools	40.1%	13				41.8	31.2					36.1	49.0	25.0					36.1				$14,521	$1,510	$13,011
Elko High School	Public	9-12	987 College Avenue	Elko	89801	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 738-7281	1,407	66	21.3	28.6%	679 (48.3%)	8 (0.6%)	593 (42.1%)	14 (1.0%)	77 (5.5%)	5 (0.4%)	31 (2.2%)	37.9	58^th of 103 public high schools	43.7%		27.4	69^th of 97 public high schools	28.9%	11	16.0	44.7	25.9																		$10,086	$699	$9,387
Independence Valley Elementary School	Public	K-8	1645 Sewell Drive	Elko	89801	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 756-5597	5	0	8.0		4 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																					$16,291	$966	$15,326
Jackpot Elementary School	Public	K-6	2201 Progressive Drive	Jackpot	89825	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	Yes	(775) 755-2375	78	5	15.6	89.7%	30 (38.5%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (51.3%)	1 (1.3%)	3 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.1%)								(n/a)										27.5							30.0				$26,345	$2,257	$24,087
Montello Elementary School	Public	K-8	254 B Street	Montello	89830	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 776-2481	5	0			5 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																					$16,119	$626	$15,492
Mound Valley Elementary School	Public	K-8	208 Boyd Kennedy Road	Spring Creek	89815	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 744-4382	9	1	9.0	33.3%	7 (77.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (11.1%)								(n/a)																					$17,171	$775	$16,396
Northside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1645 Sewell Drive	Elko	89801	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 738-7255	341	23	14.8	100.0%	185 (54.3%)	4 (1.2%)	133 (39.0%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.2%)	23.3	278^th of 379 public elementary schools	26.6%		40.3	194^th of 377 public elementary schools	48.5%	84				19.6	37.9					28.9	25.0	41.3					33.3				$14,534	$1,326	$13,208
Ruby Valley Elementary School	Public	K-8	1129 Lake Avenue	Wells	89835	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 779-2289	6	3	2.0		6 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																					$9,483	$509	$8,974
Southside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	501 South 9th Street	Elko	89801	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	Yes	(775) 738-3731	511	24	21.2	100.0%	119 (23.3%)	3 (0.6%)	365 (71.4%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.5%)	47.4	179^th of 379 public elementary schools	52.8%		32.6	233^rd of 377 public elementary schools	38.2%	54				54.3	36.0					46.0	43.6	42.5					43.1				$12,606	$2,036	$10,569
Wells Elementary School	Public	K-6	1378 Lake Avenue	Wells	89835	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 752-3837	141	10	14.1	46.8%	79 (56.0%)	1 (0.7%)	38 (27.0%)	2 (1.4%)	5 (3.5%)	2 (1.4%)	14 (9.9%)								(n/a)										32.1			45.4				32.1				$15,480	$1,338	$14,143
West Wendover Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2332 Florence Way	West Wendover	89883	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	Yes	(775) 664-3100	419	23	18.2	100.0%	71 (16.9%)	1 (0.2%)	329 (78.5%)	5 (1.2%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	29.8	248^th of 379 public elementary schools	34.6%		17.8	316^th of 377 public elementary schools	16.2%	68				41.7	28.9	31.3				33.9	46.2	26.0	34.3				35.4				$14,857	$1,970	$12,887
Adobe Middle School	Public	7-8	3375 Jennings Way	Elko	89801	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 738-3375	668	29	23.0	38.2%	352 (52.7%)	5 (0.7%)	260 (38.9%)	6 (0.9%)	26 (3.9%)	3 (0.4%)	16 (2.4%)	26.8	104^th of 151 public middle schools	31.1%		30.9	97^th of 153 public middle schools	36.6%	7								28.3	16.5	22.2					38.8	28.8	33.7		29.1	29.1	$10,374	$597	$9,777
Spring Creek High School	Public	9-12	14550 Lamoille Highway	Spring Creek	89815	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 753-5575	880	40	22.0	17.3%	717 (81.5%)	3 (0.3%)	126 (14.3%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.3%)	31.4	67^th of 103 public high schools	35.0%		38.3	56^th of 97 public high schools	42.3%	11	20.6	46.7	13.3																		$12,094	$709	$11,385
Mountain View Elementary School	Public	K-4	3300 Argent Avenue	Elko	89801	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 738-1844	507	30	16.9	21.7%	284 (56.0%)	3 (0.6%)	179 (35.3%)	4 (0.8%)	9 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.3%)	38.6	213^th of 379 public elementary schools	43.8%		50.5	155^th of 377 public elementary schools	58.9%	58				36.0	46.3					41.1	38.7	40.9					39.8				$10,162	$683	$9,479
Spring Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7 East Licht Parkway	Spring Creek	89815	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 753-6881	400	25	16.0	21.8%	344 (86.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (3.8%)	31.9	238^th of 379 public elementary schools	37.2%		47.1	163^rd of 377 public elementary schools	56.8%	75				40.5	37.0	28.2				36.2	25.3	48.3	36.9				36.0	21.2		21.2	$13,206	$673	$12,533
Sage Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	208 Boyd-Kennedy Road	Spring Creek	89815	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 738-4711	413	25	16.5	40.9%	308 (74.6%)	2 (0.5%)	76 (18.4%)	2 (0.5%)	10 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.6%)	21.7	289^th of 379 public elementary schools	23.7%		27.4	256^th of 377 public elementary schools	32.1%	33				24.3	45.9	14.0				27.1	27.0	40.9	29.5				32.0				$14,145	$882	$13,262
West Wendover High School	Public	9-12	2055 Elko Avenue	West Wendover	89883	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	Yes	(775) 664-3940	298	19	15.6	100.0%	49 (16.4%)	3 (1.0%)	238 (79.9%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	39.3	56^th of 103 public high schools	45.6%		31.4	63^rd of 97 public high schools	35.1%	7		23.2	32.8																		$15,422	$1,310	$14,112
Spring Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	14650 Lamoille Highway	Spring Creek	89815	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 777-1688	708	33	21.4	23.2%	569 (80.4%)	3 (0.4%)	98 (13.8%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.2%)	22.2	111^th of 151 public middle schools	26.5%		30.2	99^th of 153 public middle schools	35.3%	12							22.6	23.7	19.4	21.9				26.2	27.1	26.0	26.4		27.5	27.5	$10,988	$648	$10,340
Carlin High School	Public	9-12	552 8th Street	Carlin	89822	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 754-6317	106	13	8.1	100.0%	83 (78.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (13.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	1 (0.9%)	6 (5.7%)								(n/a)																					$17,393	$957	$16,436
Jackpot High School	Public	9-12	2201 Progressive Drive	Jackpot	89825	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 755-2375	39	4	9.7	79.5%	11 (28.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (64.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.1%)								(n/a)																					$25,068	$1,269	$23,799
Owyhee High School	Public	9-12	100 Academic Way	Owyhee	89832	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 757-3400	87	8	10.8	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	82 (94.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.4%)								(n/a)																					$18,947	$1,196	$17,751
Wells High School	Public	9-12	1129 Lake Avenue	Wells	89835	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 752-3477	100	15	6.6	30.0%	58 (58.0%)	1 (1.0%)	32 (32.0%)	1 (1.0%)	3 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.0%)								(n/a)																					$20,978	$993	$19,985
Carlin Junior High School	Public	7-8	552 8th Street	Carlin	89822	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 754-6317	52	0		100.0%	38 (73.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (15.4%)	1 (1.9%)	4 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)								(n/a)																	37.5
Owyhee Junior High School	Public	7-8	100 Academic Way	Owyhee	89832	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 757-3400	41	0		100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (87.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.9%)								(n/a)
Wells Junior High School	Public	7-8	1129 Lake Avenue	Wells	89835	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 752-3477	54	0		37.0%	28 (51.9%)	1 (1.9%)	21 (38.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (7.4%)								(n/a)										30.6							40.8		45.8	45.8
Jackpot Junior High School	Public	7-8	2201 Progressive Drive	Jackpot	89825	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	Yes	(775) 755-2375	14	0		78.6%	4 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (14.3%)								(n/a)
Owyhee Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	100 Academic Way	Owyhee	89832	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	Yes	(775) 757-3400	165	6	27.5	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (7.9%)	2 (1.2%)	146 (88.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.4%)								(n/a)																					$17,664	$3,138	$14,527
West Wendover Middle School	Public	6-8	2000 Elko Avenue	West Wendover	89883	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	Yes	(775) 664-4406	194	11	17.6	100.0%	31 (16.0%)	2 (1.0%)	153 (78.9%)	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.1%)	16.7	119^th of 151 public middle schools	21.2%		20.8	116^th of 153 public middle schools	24.2%	3										13.7				16.9	37.9	27.1	26.9		25.4	25.4	$12,006	$986	$11,019
Flagview Intermediate School	Public	5-6	777 Country Club Dr	Elko	89801	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 738-7236	674	32	21.0	34.7%	322 (47.8%)	5 (0.7%)	302 (44.8%)	4 (0.6%)	24 (3.6%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (2.4%)								(n/a)						30.5	36.7			33.4			41.4	39.1			40.3	11.9		11.9	$10,152	$732	$9,420
Early Childhood GBC	Public	PK-K	850 Elm Street	Elko	89801	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 738-5196	20	0			10 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																					$3,093	$412	$2,681
Northeastern Nevada Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	850 Elm Street	Elko	89801	Elko County	Elko	No	No	Yes	No	(775) 738-5196	47	0			31 (66.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (29.8%)	1 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.1%)								(n/a)																					$1,806	$318	$1,488
Liberty Peak Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	250 Parkchester Drive	Spring Creek	89815	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 753-3667	579	34	17.0	15.5%	463 (80.0%)	5 (0.9%)	82 (14.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.5%)	42.7	195^th of 379 public elementary schools	48.5%		39.6	197^th of 377 public elementary schools	47.7%	2				50.6	41.9	34.3				41.6	36.1	40.3	47.9				41.9	23.1		23.1	$10,694	$792	$9,902
Battle Born Youth Challenge Academy	Public	9-12	100 University Ave	Carlin	89822	Elko County	Elko	No	No	No	No	(775) 397-5032	47	2	23.5	6.4%	17 (36.2%)	5 (10.6%)	17 (36.2%)	1 (2.1%)	3 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (8.5%)								(n/a)																					$57,243	$2,272	$54,971

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IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.