Pyramid Lake High School

Pyramid Lake High School is a senior high of one-room-style scale in Nixon, Nevada, one of the schools within Pyramid Lake High School, works with 123 students in grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 87% below the state mean of about 973.

Operationally, Pyramid Lake High School answers to Pyramid Lake High School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Pyramid Lake High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (100%).

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 72.6:1 average. Around 98% 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 higher than Washoe County's rate of about 56%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Washoe County indicate the typical household earns roughly $88,096 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Washoe County runs 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students), of which Pyramid Lake High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: NATCHEZ ELEMENTARY, around 13.7 miles off.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pyramid Lake High School has ticked up 9%, going from 113 students in 2018 to 123 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Pyramid Lake High School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.