Summary:
ZIP code 89061 covers Pahrump in Nye County, Nevada, and contains just two schools — both elementary campuses serving grades PK–5 — with a combined enrollment of 991 students and no middle or high school inside the ZIP, so every 5th grader here moves on to a campus elsewhere. Both Floyd Elementary School and Hafen Elementary School belong to the Nye district and enroll 100% free/reduced-lunch students, making them high-poverty schools.
On paper the two look like twins, and both comfortably outperform their own district. In 2025-26, Floyd scored 36.1% in math and 45.1% in reading; Hafen scored 38.1% and 47.5% — each 9 to 15 points above the Nye district averages and close to the state average. Their paths differ, though. Hafen is the school on the rise: math proficiency jumped from 30.3% to 38.1% and reading from 37.3% to 47.5%, and its state ranking climbed from the 28th percentile to the 47th, moving from 1 star to 2 stars. Floyd, the larger school (578 vs. 413 students), peaked in 2023-24 at 3 stars and the 57th percentile and has since slipped to 2 stars and roughly the 47th-48th percentile.
Hafen posts the ZIP's single best result — 62.5% proficiency in 3rd-grade reading, 18.1 points above the state — but also shows a 3rd-grade spike that fades by 5th grade. Floyd's standout is 5th-grade science at 26.4%, 9 points above the state's 5th-grade figure. Both schools are weakest in 5th-grade math, at about 30% versus the state's 34.7%. Hafen spends about $970 more per student ($16,583 vs. $15,613) and has slightly smaller classes (16.5 vs. 18.0). Chronic absenteeism sits near 1 in 4 students at both campuses — below the district but above the state.
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