Amargosa Valley Middle School

Amargosa Valley Middle School is a junior high of one-room-style scale in Amargosa, Nevada, overseen by Nye, serveing 40 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 767 students per school, that is 95% leaner than typical.

Nye comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 5,721 students; Amargosa Valley Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Amargosa Valley Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). Other groups include 10% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Nye County as a whole is about 17% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Nye County shows the typical household earns roughly $60,714 per year, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Amargosa Valley Middle School is one of 29 public schools in Nye County (combined enrollment of about 5,733 students).

Nearest neighbor: Amargosa Valley Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Amargosa Valley Middle School has contracted 26%, going from 54 students in 2018 to 40 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 15% to 10% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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