Owyhee Elementary School

Located at 100 Academic Way, in Owyhee, Nevada, Owyhee Elementary School is an one-room-style elementary school that caters to 165 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within Elko. Enrollment runs roughly 66% smaller than the state mean of about 480.

Elko comprises 35 schools with combined enrollment of 9,546 students; Owyhee Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Owyhee Elementary School shows that 88% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority; the rest looks like 8% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 27.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting Owyhee Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Owyhee Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Elko County's rate of about 48%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Elko County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,487 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Elko County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,984 students), Owyhee Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Owyhee High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Owyhee Elementary School.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 8%: 180 students in 2018 compared to 165 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 1% to 8% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 27.5:1 in 2025.

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