Enrollment
131
Elementary
DISTRICT 115 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITE PINE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 320051000263
McGill Elementary
25 Avenue F, McGill, NV 89318 · (775) 235-7722 · White Pine County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL131 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Nevada public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
16.1:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
131 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 85%
Community
0
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 | 19 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 17 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 13 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (20).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
32.6%
NV avg 45.8% . +6.3pp since 2023
Math
19.2%
NV avg 35.6% . -10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.6% | 19.2% |
| 2023-24 | 26.3% | 29.8% |
% 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% 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 McGill Elementary
McGill Elementary's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGill Elementary this school | 131 | 100.0% | 27.0% |
| Round Mountain Elementary School Round Mountain | 113 | 100.0% | 26.4% |
| Tonopah Elementary School Tonopah | 140 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Carlin Elementary School Carlin | 183 | 100.0% | 19.1% |
| Nancy Gomes Elementary RENO | 259 | 100.0% | 36.9% |
| Lund Elementary Lund | 57 | 100.0% | 47.0% |
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 McGill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In White Pine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #264 of 367 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #353 of 388 ▼ 129 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #283 of 390 ▲ 38 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 131 | #396 of 442 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #313 of 386 | 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
131
+16 (+14%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 245
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 131 | 8.2 | 16.1:1 | 100% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 133 | 6.5 | 20.5:1 | 100% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 119 | 6.5 | 18.3:1 | 100% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 115 | 8 | 14.4:1 | 100% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 122 | 7.5 | 16.3:1 | 48% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 152 | 9 | 16.9:1 | 61% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 171 | 12 | 14.3:1 | 39% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 145 | 9 | 16.1:1 | 49% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 245 | 15 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McGill Elementary.
About McGill Elementary
McGill Elementary is a small elementary school in McGill, Nevada, under White Pine County School District. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 131 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Nevada average about 480 students.
District-wide, White Pine County School District has 9 schools and 1,256 students.
Roughly 77% of students at McGill Elementary are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Native American. That is close to the 75% White share among all White Pine County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At McGill Elementary, 8.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.1:1. That is lower than the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. Roughly 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The 90% average for public schools in White Pine County is 10 points lower.
Measured against Nevada public elementary schools, McGill Elementary receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
McGill Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 27.0% is 5.5 points below the 32.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Among White Pine County residents, the median household income is $72,865, about 12% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Besides McGill Elementary, White Pine County has 11 other public schools.
The shortest distance from McGill Elementary to another public school is about 10.7 miles, to Early Childhood. McGill Elementary comes in 3rd of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 131, a 14% rise from 115 in 2020-21. The school's ratio rose from 14.4:1 to 16.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at McGill Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
White Pine County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,735
Census ACS
Median income
$72,865
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
1,422 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in White Pine County School District
- White Pine High SchoolHigh · 365 students
- David E Norman ElementaryElementary · 362 students
- White Pine Middle SchoolMiddle · 233 students
- Lund High SchoolHigh · 59 students
- Lund ElementaryElementary · 57 students
- Steptoe Valley High SchoolHigh · 24 students
Other McGill Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named McGill Elementary. McGill Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- McGill Elementary SchoolSAN ANGELO, TX · 506 students
- McGill Elementary SchoolSAN ANGELO, TX · 243 students
Nearby schools
- Early Childhood10.7 mi · 13
- Learning Bridge11.0 mi · 166
- David E Norman Elementary11.1 mi · 362
- White Pine Middle School11.8 mi · 233
- Steptoe Valley High School11.9 mi · 24
- White Pine High School12.1 mi · 365
Frequently asked questions
About McGill ElementaryHow large is McGill Elementary?
McGill Elementary enrolls approximately 131 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does McGill Elementary serve?
McGill Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at McGill Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at McGill Elementary is approximately 16.1:1 (8 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at McGill Elementary?
At McGill Elementary, the student body is approximately 77% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is McGill Elementary in?
McGill Elementary is part of White Pine County School District.
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