Schools in Zip Code 89440

ZIP code 89440 is served by three public schools in the Storey district — Hugh Gallagher Elementary School (PK–5, 118 students), Virginia City Middle School (6–8, 106 students), and Virginia City High School (9–12, 131 students) — a small PK–12 district of 355 students total, with no alternative schools listed.

Virginia City High School has the strongest overall profile, ranking 13th of 103 Nevada high schools in 2024–25 (87th percentile, 4 stars) and posting ACT English at 70% versus 50.8% statewide and EOC Science at 51.5% versus 23.1%. But its chronic absenteeism, 36.5%, is the highest in the ZIP. Hugh Gallagher Elementary School is above state in all-grade math and reading in both reported years, with 5th grade math at 60% and reading at 70%, and has the lowest absenteeism at 13.1% — though its rank percentile slipped from 83rd to 72nd. Virginia City Middle School excels in science (58% versus 27.2% state in 2024–25) but trails in math (27.9% versus 36.2%) and reading, with 28.8% absenteeism.

Spending differs sharply: $20,600 per student at the high school, $19,180 at the middle school, and $12,971 at the elementary school, which also has the highest student–teacher ratio (16.3). District chronic absenteeism is 24.5% and the state rate is 25.5%. The high school's graduation rate is 77.4% (2023–24) versus a 2024–25 state figure of 85.4%. Because enrollments are small, many test results are suppressed as "—"; those values are unknown, not evidence of poor performance.