Mound Valley Elementary School

Mound Valley Elementary School is one of the very small elementary-level communitys in Spring Creek, Nevada, part of Elko, with 9 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 98% below typical.

Within Elko, which oversees 35 schools and 9,546 students, Mound Valley Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Mound Valley Elementary School logs that 78% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Elko County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Mound Valley Elementary School records 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.0:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Elko County's rate of about 48%.

Across the wider county, census data for Elko County shows median household earnings sit near $86,487, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Elko County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,984 students), of which Mound Valley Elementary School is one.

Ruby Valley Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 19.4 miles from this campus.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mound Valley Elementary School has ticked up 13%, going from 8 students in 2018 to 9 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 100% to 78% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 8.0:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 in 2025.

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