Enrollment
193
Elementary
DISTRICT 126 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN·NCES 320027000172
Panaca Elementary School
1000 East Edwards, Panaca, NV 89042 · (775) 728-4446 · Lincoln County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL193 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Nevada public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
23.2:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
91 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 35 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 18 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 15 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 20% larger than its 6th grade class (15).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
57.4%
NV avg 45.8% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
51.7%
NV avg 35.6% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 have held steady.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.4% | 51.7% |
| 2023-24 | 51.8% | 51.8% |
% 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
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Panaca Elementary School
Panaca Elementary School's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panaca Elementary School this school | 193 | 47.2% | 53.2% |
| Pahranagat Valley Elementary School Alamo | 161 | 42.2% | 45.6% |
| G. L. Scarselli Elementary School Gardnerville | 305 | 39.3% | 38.2% |
| Caliente Elementary School Caliente | 87 | 55.2% | 63.9% |
| Sage Elementary School Spring Creek | 413 | 40.9% | 29.8% |
| Wells Elementary School Wells | 141 | 46.8% | 35.5% |
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 Panaca Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #45 of 367 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #94 of 388 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #98 of 390 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 193 | #382 of 442 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #327 of 386 |
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
193
+34 (+21%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 132
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 193 | 8.3 | 23.2:1 | 47% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 202 | 9 | 22.4:1 | 37% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 189 | 8 | 23.6:1 | 41% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 159 | 13 | 12.2:1 | 46% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 160 | 10 | 16.0:1 | 46% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 118 | 9 | 13.1:1 | 48% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 104 | 8 | 13.0:1 | 57% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 104 | 7 | 14.9:1 | 61% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 132 | 7 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Panaca Elementary School.
About Panaca Elementary School
Panaca, Nevada, is home to Panaca Elementary School, a small elementary school. Enrollment stands at 193 students, covering pre-K through 6. That puts enrollment 60% below the 480-student average for elementary schools in Nevada.
Panaca Elementary School is one school in Lincoln, a system of 9 schools with 958 students.
Of every 100 students at Panaca Elementary School, about 86 are White. The school is also 6% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put Lincoln County at about 85% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 25% means there is a 25% chance two randomly chosen students at Panaca Elementary School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Panaca Elementary School totals 8.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 23.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Nevada average 18.1:1. Of all students at Panaca Elementary School, 47% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Lincoln County average a similar 47%.
Among Nevada public elementary schools, Panaca Elementary School outscored 81%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Panaca Elementary School, the prediction is 44.4% and the result is 53.2%.
For Lincoln County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $72,307, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 1%. The county has 11 public schools and about 958 students.
Panaca Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Meadow Valley Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Panaca Elementary School holds 2 other public schools. Nearby schools average 53.1% on proficiency, and Panaca Elementary School is above that at 53.2%.
The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Panaca Elementary School enrolled 159 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 193. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.2:1 to 23.2:1.
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Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,405
Census ACS
Median income
$72,307
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
1%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
958 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lincoln
- Pahranagat Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 161 students
- Lincoln County High SchoolHigh · 151 students
- Pahranagat Valley High SchoolHigh · 90 students
- Caliente Elementary SchoolElementary · 87 students
- Meadow Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 77 students
- Pahranagat Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 71 students
Other schools in Panaca
- Lincoln County High SchoolHigh · 151 students
- Meadow Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 77 students
- Lincoln County Adult CorrectionsCombined
- Lincoln County Adult High SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- Meadow Valley Middle School0.1 mi · 77
- Lincoln County High School0.2 mi · 151
- Pioche Elementary School10.8 mi · 64
- C O Bastian High School13.5 mi · 64
- Caliente Elementary School13.9 mi · 87
Frequently asked questions
About Panaca Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Panaca Elementary School?
Panaca Elementary School enrolls approximately 193 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Panaca Elementary School serve?
Panaca Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Panaca Elementary School?
Approximately 23.2:1 students per teacher at Panaca Elementary School.
How diverse is Panaca Elementary School?
Panaca Elementary School reports a student body of 86% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Panaca Elementary School in?
Panaca Elementary School is part of Lincoln.
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