Summary:
ZIP code 89440 has one middle school: Virginia City Middle School, serving grades 6–8 in Virginia City, Nevada, as part of Storey District. With 106 students, it is a small school, so its most useful comparisons are to its own past results and to district and Nevada averages. In 2025–2026, it ranked 54th out of 148 Nevada middle schools, placing in the 64th percentile with 3 stars—its strongest rank in three years. It also earned 3 stars in 2023–2024 and 2024–2025, when its percentile ranks were 59 and 51.
Academically, science is the clearest strength. In 2025–2026, 47.3% of students were proficient in science, above the district's 37.5% and the state's 25.5%; the prior year was even higher at 58.0%. Reading improved from 38.4% to 44.0%, now close to the district's 46.2% and just 1.2 points below the state's 45.2%. Math remains the main concern: 27.9% proficiency, below the district's 32.4% and state's 36.2%, and nearly flat from 27.8%. Where grade-level results are available, 7th grade math (35.8%) equals the district and beats the state, 6th grade reading (47.0%) equals the district and beats the state, and 8th grade science (47.3%) beats the state. Several grade-level values are suppressed for privacy, so they should be treated as unknown—not as zeros.
Other indicators show areas to watch. Chronic absenteeism is 28.8%, higher than the district's 24.5% and the state's 25.5%, which may affect learning. About 29.25% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending was $19,180 in 2023–2024, and the student-teacher ratio was 14.5:1 in 2024–2025. Because the school has only 106 students, grade-level data can be limited. Overall, the school shows strong science performance, improving reading, lagging math, and elevated absenteeism; parents can use district and state averages plus the school's own trend as the best context.
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