Summary:
Humboldt is a rural Nevada district serving about 3,227 students across 12 schools — seven elementary, three middle, and two high schools, with no alternative schools — ranked 8th of 12 districts in the state at the 33rd percentile with a 2-star rating. Enrollment is highly concentrated: six Winnemucca schools enroll roughly 94.5% of all students, while the remaining rural and remote schools together serve only about 5.5%.
Academic results vary widely from school to school. Orovada School is the clearest standout, with 43.4% math and 52.1% reading proficiency in 2025–2026 — above both district and state levels — plus 16.6% chronic absenteeism, among the lowest in the district. Sonoma Heights Elementary also beats the state in math at 42.3%. Winnemucca Grammar School fell sharply, from 50% math and 54% reading in 2024–2025 to 30% math and 40.7% reading in 2025–2026. Albert M. Lowry High School reports a 95.0% graduation rate, above the district's 90.7% and the state's 85.4%, though its ACT math, ACT English, and science scores trail state levels.
Chronic absenteeism is the district's biggest shared challenge at 30.7%, compared with 25.5% statewide. McDermitt High School is highest at 65.2%, followed by McDermitt Junior High School at 57.1%, McDermitt Elementary at 51.8%, and Paradise Valley School at 50.0%. Kings River, at 11.7%, and Orovada have the lowest rates. Science splits sharply too: Winnemucca Junior High School is above the state at 27.8%, while French Ford Middle School is far below at 7.3%. Small remote schools spend far more per student — McDermitt High at $40,557 and Kings River at $39,903 — and many of their test scores are suppressed by the state, so those results should be read as unknown rather than as evidence of weakness.
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