Elko High School

Elko High School is a public high school in Elko, Nevada, serving grades 9–12 with 1,407 students, making it the largest school in its local comparison group and part of the Elko district, which ranks 6th of 12 Nevada districts.

In 2025–2026, Elko High ranked 61st of 105 Nevada high schools (42nd percentile, 2 stars), essentially tied with Spring Creek High School at 62nd (41st percentile, 2 stars). That is below the school's 2015–2016 peak of 47th of 113 (58th percentile, 3 stars), and recent years have swung between the 29th and 44th percentiles. Two trends stand out positively. The graduation rate has climbed from 79.4% in 2020–2021 to 88.6% in 2024–2025, now above the district (82.9%) and state (85.4%) and nearly matching Spring Creek (89.0%). Chronic absenteeism fell from 43.8% in 2021–2022 to 28.6% in 2025–2026 — better than the district (29.0%) and far better than Spring Creek (38.2%), though still above the state (25.5%).

Test scores are mixed. ACT English proficiency reached 51.2%, above the state (50.8%), Spring Creek (46.9%), and the district (45.2%) — a clear bright spot. ACT Math was 20.3%, above the district (19.8%) but below Spring Creek (27.2%) and the state (22.6%), and it has trailed the state in every year shown. Science is uneven: 9th grade End of Course Science was 41.9% versus the state's 27.5%, while 10th grade was just 12.4% versus 18.5%. Several student groups — including low-income students, English learners, and students with disabilities — rank in the lower percentiles, suggesting achievement gaps worth asking about. Elko High serves more low-income students (28.57% free/reduced lunch) than Spring Creek (17.27%) while spending less per student ($11,245 vs. $13,203), with a slightly smaller student-teacher ratio (21.3 vs. 22.0). Note that Battle Born Youth Challenge Academy and Independence High School are specialized settings with state-suppressed test scores, so treat them as context rather than academic peers.