Pioche Elementary School

Pioche Elementary School, a rural-scale elementary-level community in Pioche, Nevada, one of the schools within Lincoln, instructs 64 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Nevada's public schools average about 480 students each, so Pioche Elementary School sits 87% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Lincoln, which oversees 9 schools and 958 students, Pioche Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Pioche Elementary School records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 9% Hispanic. Compared to Lincoln County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Pioche Elementary School has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pioche Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Lincoln County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,307 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 1% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lincoln County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 958 students), Pioche Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Lincoln County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 10.7 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, Pioche Elementary School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Pioche Elementary School's enrollment has declined 30% since 2018, when it stood at 91 (now 64). Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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