Summary:
ZIP code 89042 covers Panaca, a small rural community in Nevada's Lincoln County, and is home to three public schools serving the full pre-K through 12 pipeline: Panaca Elementary School (PK–6, 193 students), Meadow Valley Middle School (7–8, 77 students), and Lincoln County High School (9–12, 151 students), all part of the Lincoln district, with 421 students total.
Panaca Elementary is the strongest performer overall, with the top rank and star rating in the ZIP code, the lowest chronic absenteeism at 11.7% (district 15.1%, state 25.5%), and math and reading proficiency above both district and state. Meadow Valley Middle is a science standout, with 46.3% science proficiency versus the district's 33% and the state's 25.5%, but math is its weak spot at 30.8%, below the district's 42.3% and the state's 36.2%. It also has the highest absenteeism in the area at 22.2%. Lincoln County High is on an upward path, moving from 2 stars to 3 stars, with ACT English rising from 37.5% to 50.0% and EOC Science from 22.2% to 26.6%.
Resource levels do not line up simply with results here. Panaca Elementary has the lowest per-student spending ($7,699) and the largest student–teacher ratio (23.1) yet the strongest outcomes, while Lincoln County High spends $18,763 per student with a ratio of 12.0 and ranks near the state median. Keep in mind that both Panaca Elementary and Meadow Valley Middle slipped from stronger prior-year scores, and that any score shown as suppressed by the state is unknown, not a zero. Overall, this is a small rural district with a high-performing elementary, a middle school with real science strengths and math and attendance gaps, and an improving high school.
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