Caliente Elementary School

Caliente Elementary School is one of the one-room-style K-5 schools in Caliente, Nevada, one of the schools within Lincoln, with 87 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 82% below the state mean of about 480.

Caliente Elementary School is one of 9 schools operated by Lincoln, a district that serves 958 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Caliente Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Lincoln County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Caliente Elementary School logs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 55% of students at Caliente Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lincoln County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Caliente Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 42.6%; this one delivers 63.9%, a residual of +21.3 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lincoln County put median household income runs about $72,307, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 1% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lincoln County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 958 students), Caliente Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is C O Bastian High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Caliente Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 49.6%.

Caliente Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Caliente Elementary School has fell 20%, going from 109 students in 2018 to 87 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 94% across the same window.

On this page, members of the Caliente Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.