Eleanor Lemaire Junior High School

Eleanor Lemaire Junior High School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Battle Mountain, Nevada, one of the schools within Lander. The school teaches 310 students in grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Nevada's public schools average about 767 students each, so Eleanor Lemaire Junior High School sits 60% below that benchmark.

Lander runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,059 students. Eleanor Lemaire Junior High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Eleanor Lemaire Junior High School records that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 31% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Native American. By comparison, Lander County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Eleanor Lemaire Junior High School has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 34.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.4:1, putting Eleanor Lemaire Junior High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Eleanor Lemaire Junior High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 43.9%; actual is 14.4%, a gap of -29.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lander County indicate median household income runs about $89,014, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Eleanor Lemaire Junior High School is one of 5 public schools in Lander County (combined enrollment of about 1,059 students).

The closest other public school is Battle Mountain High School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 45%: 214 students in 2018 compared to 310 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 58% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 34.4:1 today.

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