Lovelock Elementary School
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Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat 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 26 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 25% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Lovelock Elementary School
As a cozy primary school in Lovelock, Nevada, Lovelock Elementary School serves 301 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Pershing. Enrollment runs roughly 37% smaller than the state mean of about 480.
Across the 4 schools in Pershing (666 students total), Lovelock Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, Lovelock Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 38% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Native American, 3% Black. By comparison, Pershing County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Lovelock Elementary School lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lovelock Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 25.1%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Pershing County shows median household earnings sit near $66,902, 6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Pershing County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 666 students), of which Lovelock Elementary School is one.
Pershing County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Lovelock Elementary School.
Lovelock Elementary School operates from an outlying location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lovelock Elementary School has ticked down 5%, going from 317 students in 2018 to 301 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 32% to 38% over that span.
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