Summary
Albert M. Lowry High School is a public high school serving grades 9–12 in Winnemucca, Nevada, with 951 students, and it is the only school within 20 miles, so families in this part of the Humboldt district have no nearby alternative high school. In 2025–2026 it ranks 71st of 105 Nevada high schools — the 32nd percentile, with 2 stars — essentially matching the Humboldt district's own 33rd percentile, 2-star standing, though both sit in the bottom third of the state.
The school's clearest strength is getting students to the finish line: Albert M. Lowry High School's 2024–2025 graduation rate is 95.0%, compared with 90.7% for the district and 85.4% for Nevada. That said, the school has slipped from its earlier position. It stood at the 65th percentile with 3 stars in both 2015–2016 and 2018–2019; recent years have mostly been 2-star, with a 1-star year in 2022–2023.
Chronic absenteeism is the biggest drag: 37.5% of students in 2025–2026, versus 30.7% districtwide and 25.5% statewide — better than the 47.3% of 2021–2022, but still high. Test scores usually edge out the district but trail the state: 2025–2026 ACT Math 17.8% (district 17.0%, state 22.6%), ACT English 47.7% (district 45.7%, state 50.8%), and EOC Science 20.2% (district 20.3%, state 26.5%); some grade-level science results are suppressed by the state and should be treated as unknown, not zero. Student-group results are uneven and fluctuate from year to year. Spending per student has risen to $12,691 (2023–2024) from $11,661 (2020–2021), while the student–teacher ratio has grown to 22.6 from 21.0. Bottom line: strong graduation outcomes and improving attendance, with attendance, science and math proficiency, and uneven student-group results as the main opportunities.
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