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Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 163 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUMBOLDT·NCES 320021000325
Grass Valley Elementary
6465 South Grass Valley Road, Winnemucca, NV 89445 · (775) 623-8150 · Humboldt County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Nevada public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nevada public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
405 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 85%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 105 | 26% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (55).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
33.6%
NV avg 45.8% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
31.6%
NV avg 35.6% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.6% | 31.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.1% | 34.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nevada's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Grass Valley Elementary
Grass Valley Elementary's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass Valley Elementary this school | 406 | 99.8% | 32.4% |
| Sutro Elementary School Dayton | 426 | 100.0% | 22.3% |
| Lahontan Elementary School Fallon | 436 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Fernley Elementary School Fernley | 442 | 100.0% | 30.4% |
| David E Norman Elementary Ely | 362 | 100.0% | 24.2% |
| E C Best Elementary Fallon | 465 | 100.0% | 28.9% |
Matched among Nevada elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Grass Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Humboldt County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #207 of 367 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #232 of 388 ▼ 48 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #272 of 390 ▲ 1 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #297 of 442 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #121 of 379 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #254 of 381 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #318 of 386 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.9% | #93 of 304 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
406
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 569
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 406 | 26 | 15.6:1 | 100% (405) |
| 2023-24 | 472 | 27 | 17.5:1 | 100% (470) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 25 | 19.0:1 | 100% (474) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 31 | 13.4:1 | 63% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 27 | 20.9:1 | 48% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 42% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 39% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 513 | N/A | N/A | 27% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 569 | 33 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grass Valley Elementary.
About Grass Valley Elementary
Grass Valley Elementary is a public small elementary school in Winnemucca, Nevada. It offers pre-K through 4 and has 406 students enrolled.
Grass Valley Elementary is one school in a 13-school district, Humboldt, which enrolls 3,233 students.
White students are 57% of those enrolled at Grass Valley Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 34% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. In Humboldt County overall, about 68% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.6 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Nevada, 18.1:1, is higher. Grass Valley Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 100%. Public schools in Humboldt County average a similar 100%.
On the allk12 Grade, Grass Valley Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 45% of Nevada public elementary schools.
Grass Valley Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.4% is within a point of the 32.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in Humboldt County, where the median household earns about $81,073 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Humboldt County, 15 public schools serve about 3,233 students.
The closest school to Grass Valley Elementary is Winnemucca Grammar School, located about 3.6 miles away. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles.
Grass Valley Elementary is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 416 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 406. The number of students per teacher increased from 13.4 to 15.6 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Grass Valley Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
Humboldt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,289
Census ACS
Median income
$81,073
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,233 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Humboldt
- Albert M. Lowry High SchoolHigh · 951 students
- Winnemucca Junior High SchoolMiddle · 481 students
- Sonoma Heights ElementaryElementary · 468 students
- French Ford Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
- Winnemucca Grammar SchoolElementary · 305 students
- McDermitt ElementaryElementary · 51 students
Other schools in Winnemucca
- Albert M. Lowry High SchoolHigh · 951 students
- Winnemucca Junior High SchoolMiddle · 481 students
- Sonoma Heights ElementaryElementary · 468 students
- French Ford Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
- Winnemucca Grammar SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Humboldt Adult Education ProgramCombined
Other Grass Valley Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Grass Valley Elementary. Grass Valley Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Grass Valley ElementaryCamas, WA · 445 students
- Grass Valley ElementaryOakland, CA · 182 students
Nearby schools
- Winnemucca Grammar School3.6 mi · 305
- Sonoma Heights Elementary3.6 mi · 468
- Winnemucca Junior High School4.0 mi · 481
- French Ford Middle School4.2 mi · 438
- Albert M. Lowry High School4.4 mi · 951
- Imlay Elementary School27.2 mi · 16
Frequently asked questions
About Grass Valley ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Grass Valley Elementary?
Grass Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 406 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Grass Valley Elementary serve?
Grass Valley Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Grass Valley Elementary?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Grass Valley Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Grass Valley Elementary?
Student demographics at Grass Valley Elementary are roughly 57% White, 34% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Grass Valley Elementary in?
Grass Valley Elementary is part of Humboldt.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.