Liberty Peak Elementary School

Liberty Peak Elementary School is a PK–5 school serving 579 students at 250 Parkchester Drive in Spring Creek, Nevada, part of the Elko County School District. It is the largest school in its immediate comparison group — roughly 45% bigger than Spring Creek Elementary School (400 students) and Sage Elementary School (413) — and its students are the least likely in that group to qualify for free or reduced-price lunch (15.54%). Class sizes have tightened notably, from 22.3 students per teacher in 2022–23 to 17:1 in 2024–25, and per-student spending has risen to $12,456. Chronic absenteeism stands at 22.1%, and the school ranked 218th of 376 Nevada elementaries in 2025–26 (42nd percentile, 2 stars).

On tests, Liberty Peak outperforms its own district in math, reading, and science, but only clears the state bar in math. In 2025–26, 37.2% of students were proficient in math (state: 36.2%), 39.2% in reading (state: 45.2%), and 23.0% in science (state: 25.5%). Third-grade math is a bright spot at 50.0%, above the state's 46.7%, but results slip sharply in the upper grades: 4th-grade reading sits 14.9 points below the state, and 5th-grade reading (42.1%) trails Spring Creek Elementary's 69.8%. Grammar School 2, with a similar enrollment, posts 50.9% in math and 47.1% in reading.

Attendance is the school's clearest strength — it has beaten both district and state rates for five straight years, improving from 32.9% to 22.1%. Yet the school has slid from the 73rd percentile in 2021–22 to the 42nd, even as resources improved. Elko Institute for Academic Achievement, a charter spending about $2,100 less per student with a higher 23.4:1 ratio, reaches 68.1% reading proficiency. Note that test scores for Mound Valley Elementary School are suppressed by the state and should be treated as unknown. Overall, the promise is in the youngest grade and attendance; the concern is grades 4 and 5.