Spring Creek Elementary School

Set in Spring Creek, Nevada, Spring Creek Elementary School is a cozy primary school, one of the schools within Elko. It educates 400 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 35 schools in Elko (9,546 students total), Spring Creek Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Spring Creek Elementary School lists that nearly all students (86%) are White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the income-and-resources front, Spring Creek Elementary School logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Elko County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Spring Creek Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.1%; actual is 32.0%, a gap of -18.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Elko County put median household earnings sit near $86,487, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Spring Creek Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Liberty Peak Elementary School, roughly 1.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Spring Creek Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Spring Creek Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 35.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spring Creek Elementary School has ticked down 54%, going from 865 students in 2018 to 400 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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