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What's the most underrated thing about Spring Creek Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
708
Middle
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 767
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELKO·NCES 320012000464
Spring Creek Middle School
14650 Lamoille Highway, Spring Creek, NV 89815 · (775) 777-1688 · Elko County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL708 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of Nevada public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 22.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
164 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 85%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 275 | 39% |
| Grade 7 | 214 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 219 | 31% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
26.4%
NV avg 45.8% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
21.9%
NV avg 35.6% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.4% | 21.9% |
| 2023-24 | 29.6% | 20.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NV schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Spring Creek Middle School
Spring Creek Middle School's state test result (27.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Creek Middle School this school | 708 | 23.2% | 27.2% |
| Carson Valley Middle School Gardnerville | 591 | 29.3% | 36.9% |
| Yvonne Shaw Middle School SPARKS | 785 | 26.2% | 43.4% |
| Marce Herz Middle School RENO | 957 | 12.3% | 58.4% |
| Darrel Swope Middle School RENO | 1,027 | 27.9% | 52.6% |
| Billinghurst Middle School RENO | 993 | 25.9% | 48.4% |
Matched among Nevada middle 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 Spring Creek Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Elko County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #52 of 94 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #51 of 98 ▼ 4 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #76 of 98 ▼ 17 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 708 | #64 of 113 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #46 of 94 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.3% | #91 of 94 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.2% | #93 of 95 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #15 of 21 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
708
+62 (+10%) vs 2020
0% since 2000-01, when it was 708
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 708 | 33 | 21.4:1 | 23% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 728 | 32 | 22.8:1 | 21% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 734 | 34 | 21.6:1 | 20% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 646 | 31 | 20.8:1 | 24% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 677 | 34 | 19.9:1 | 21% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 641 | 34 | 18.9:1 | 19% (123) |
| 2010-11 | 644 | 37 | 17.4:1 | 17% (111) |
| 2000-01 | 708 | 34 | 20.8:1 | 13% (92) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring Creek Middle School.
About Spring Creek Middle School
In Spring Creek, Nevada, part of Elko County, Spring Creek Middle School is a middle-grades school. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 708 students.
Elko includes 35 schools. Together they enroll 9,546 students.
At Spring Creek Middle School, White students make up 80% of the student body. After that, the student body is 14% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Elko County, the White share is about 66%. The chance that two students picked at random at Spring Creek Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 33%.
A ratio of 21.4:1 comes from the school's 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in Nevada average 22.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 23% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Elko County, the average eligibility rate is 48%.
The allk12 Grade for Spring Creek Middle School is C-. Compared with Nevada public middle schools, the school scored higher than 23% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Nevada schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Spring Creek Middle School scores 22.6 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.2%; the prediction is 49.8%.
Federal survey data for Elko County show that median household income is about $86,487, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Spring Creek Middle School is among the 38 public schools in Elko County.
Sage Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. Spring Creek Middle School places 6th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Spring Creek Middle School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 708, 10% above the 646 of 2020-21.
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Elko County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,047
Census ACS
Median income
$86,487
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
9,984 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elko
- Elko High SchoolHigh · 1,407 students
- Spring Creek High SchoolHigh · 880 students
- Flagview Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 674 students
- Adobe Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Liberty Peak Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolElementary · 511 students
Other schools in Spring Creek
- Spring Creek High SchoolHigh · 880 students
- Liberty Peak Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Sage Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Spring Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
- Mound Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 9 students
Other Spring Creek Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Spring Creek Middle. Spring Creek Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Spring Creek Middle SchoolPROVIDENCE, UT · 869 students
- Spring Creek MiddleSeven Springs, NC · 571 students
Nearby schools
- Sage Elementary School0.2 mi · 413
- Spring Creek High School0.2 mi · 880
- Spring Creek Elementary School3.0 mi · 400
- Liberty Peak Elementary School3.6 mi · 579
- Southside Elementary School6.7 mi · 511
- Elko High School7.4 mi · 1,407
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Creek Middle SchoolHow large is Spring Creek Middle School?
Spring Creek Middle School enrolls approximately 708 students in grades 06-08.
Is Spring Creek Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Spring Creek Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Spring Creek Middle School have?
Spring Creek Middle School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Spring Creek Middle School?
At Spring Creek Middle School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 14% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Spring Creek Middle School?
Spring Creek Middle School is overseen by Elko in Elko County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.