Summary:
Pershing County Middle School in Lovelock is the only middle school in Pershing, so it defines the middle-school picture for the area: it serves grades 6–8 with an enrollment of 162 students, and it belongs to a district ranked 9th of 12 in Nevada, at the 25th percentile with 2 stars.
Science is the clearest bright spot. In 2025–26, science proficiency was 28.3% for All Grades, above the district's 20.5% and the state's All Grades rate of 25.5%, and up from 19.2% in 2024–25. Even so, on an 8th-grade science comparison, the school's 28.3% sits below the state's 33.4%. Mathematics is the biggest challenge: 14.0% proficient in 2025–26, below the district's 16.7% and far below the state's 36.2%, with 8th-grade math at 18.8% versus the state's 27.9%. The 6th- and 7th-grade math results were suppressed by the state, so they cannot be judged. Reading improved from 24.8% to 26.8%, but remains below the district's 29.4% and the state's 45.2%; 6th-grade reading was 34.0% against the state's 41.5%, while 7th- and 8th-grade reading were suppressed.
The school's statewide rank rose from 126th of 151 in 2024–25 (17th percentile, 1 star) to 96th of 148 in 2025–26 (35th percentile, 2 stars) — close to its 2023–24 result of 96th of 153, so the gain looks like a recovery rather than a breakout. The district reported a 7.2% chronic absenteeism rate in 2025–26 versus 25.5% statewide, a strong signal, but the only school-level figure is 21.0% in 2023–24, so current school-level attendance is unknown. Per-student spending was $17,417 in 2023–24 and the student-teacher ratio was 15.4 in 2024–25; without benchmarks, these describe context rather than performance. Blank test scores mean the state suppressed them, not that students scored zero.
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