Owyhee High School

Owyhee High School operates as a minimally staffed secondary school in Owyhee, Nevada, one of the schools within Elko. Current enrollment sits at 87 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 91% leaner than the state mean of about 973.

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

On demographics, Owyhee High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (94%); the rest consists of 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Owyhee High School has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. The state averages around 72.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Elko County's rate of about 48%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Elko County) logs that median household earnings sit near $86,487, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 High School is one campus in the mix.

Owyhee Jr 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 High School.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Owyhee High School's enrollment has expanded 14% since 2018, when it stood at 76 (now 87). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 8.4:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Owyhee High School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.