White Pine Middle School

White Pine Middle School is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in Ely, Nevada, with an enrollment of 248 students. The school faces significant challenges, including consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, academic performance below state and district averages, and a student population that comes entirely from low-income households.

The school's chronic absenteeism rates have ranged from 24.5% to 28.3% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average. Its academic performance, as measured by SBAC test scores, is also generally below the state and district averages across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates in mathematics (30.1%) and reading (32.3%) were lower than the state averages of 35.4% and 45.6%, respectively. Despite increased spending per student, from $10,897 in 2018-2019 to $15,914 in 2021-2022, the academic outcomes have not shown a corresponding improvement.

The school's performance has been inconsistent, with its ranking among Nevada middle schools fluctuating from 55th out of 114 schools in 2017-2018 to 117th out of 159 schools in 2018-2019. However, the school's performance on certain subgroups, such as female students and Hispanic students, is relatively stronger compared to the overall student population, suggesting that the school may be able to leverage these strengths to improve the performance of other subgroups. Unfortunately, the data provided does not include information about any nearby schools for comparison, so it is difficult to assess how White Pine Middle School is performing relative to its peers.