McDermitt Junior High School

McDermitt Junior High School is a very small middle-grades school in McDermitt, Nevada. The school has 24 students in 2024-25 across grades 7 through 8. That compares with an average of about 767 students for middle schools in Nevada.

McDermitt Junior High School is part of Humboldt, where 13 schools serve 3,233 students.

At McDermitt Junior High School, 88% of students are Native American. The remaining students are 8% multiracial and 4% Hispanic.

Roughly 100% of students at McDermitt Junior High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Humboldt County is close, at 100%.

In Humboldt County, home to about 17,289 people, median household income comes to about $81,073, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Humboldt County's 15 public schools enroll about 3,233 students and include McDermitt Junior High School.

McDermitt High School is the nearest public school to McDermitt Junior High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. McDermitt Junior High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles.

Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.

The 2020-21 count was 17 students and the 2024-25 count was 24. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves.

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