Enrollment
141
Elementary
DISTRICT 229 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELKO·NCES 320012000141
Wells Elementary School
1378 Lake Avenue, Wells, NV 89835 · (775) 752-3837 · Elko County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL141 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of Nevada public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.1:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
66 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 21 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 13% smaller than its 6th grade class (24).
Student demographics
60%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
32.1%
NV avg 45.8% . -9.0pp since 2023
Math
32.1%
NV avg 35.6% . -4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.1% | 32.1% |
| 2023-24 | 41.1% | 36.6% |
% 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
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 Wells Elementary School
Wells Elementary School's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Elementary School this school | 141 | 46.8% | 35.5% |
| Gardnerville Elementary School Gardnerville | 300 | 49.3% | 45.7% |
| Pahranagat Valley Elementary School Alamo | 161 | 42.2% | 45.6% |
| G. L. Scarselli Elementary School Gardnerville | 305 | 39.3% | 38.2% |
| Panaca Elementary School Panaca | 193 | 47.2% | 53.2% |
| Marvin Moss Elementary SPARKS | 308 | 34.7% | 45.5% |
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 Wells Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Elko County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #168 of 367 | #4 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #227 of 388 ▼ 61 | #8 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #286 of 390 ▼ 109 | #9 of 11 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 141 | #393 of 442 | #12 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.8% | #328 of 386 | #7 of 12 |
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
141
-40 (-22%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 244
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 141 | 10 | 14.1:1 | 47% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 153 | 10 | 15.3:1 | 52% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 171 | 12 | 14.3:1 | 56% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 181 | 10 | 18.1:1 | 51% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 173 | 10 | 17.3:1 | 49% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 187 | 9 | 20.8:1 | 57% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 182 | 11 | 16.6:1 | 38% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 201 | 14 | 14.4:1 | 30% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 244 | 12 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wells Elementary School.
About Wells Elementary School
Wells Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Wells, Nevada. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 141 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 71% below the 480-student average for elementary schools in Nevada.
Elko runs 35 schools with a combined 9,546 students. Wells Elementary School is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show Wells Elementary School is 56% White. Other groups make up 27% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 4% Native American. Elko County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school's share is lower. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at Wells Elementary School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Wells Elementary School, there are about 14.1 students; the school has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Nevada average 18.1:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 47%. The figure for public schools in Elko County is close, at 48%.
Wells Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 41% of Nevada public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 35.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 44.5%.
For the population of Elko County, median household income comes to 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%. Elko County counts 38 public schools with about 9,984 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Wells Elementary School from the closest public school, Wells High School. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. Wells Elementary School is 2nd of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale data from NCES put Wells Elementary School in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 141, from 181 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.1:1 in 2020-21, and 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- Spring Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 708 students
- Flagview Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 674 students
- Adobe Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Liberty Peak Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
Other schools in Wells
- Wells High SchoolHigh · 100 students
- Wells Jr High SchoolMiddle · 54 students
- Ruby Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 6 students
Other Wells Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Wells Elementary. Wells Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Wells Elementary SchoolCYPRESS, TX · 1,133 students
- Wells Elementary SchoolWells, ME · 563 students
- Wells Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 463 students
- Wells ElementaryWilson, NC · 383 students
- Wells Elementary SchoolEast Moline, IL · 307 students
Nearby schools
- Wells High School0.2 mi · 100
- Wells Jr High School0.2 mi · 54
- Liberty Peak Elementary School41.0 mi · 579
- Spring Creek Elementary School42.8 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About Wells Elementary SchoolHow large is Wells Elementary School?
Wells Elementary School enrolls approximately 141 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Wells Elementary School serve?
Wells Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Wells Elementary School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Wells Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Wells Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wells Elementary School are roughly 56% White, 27% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Wells Elementary School public or private?
Wells Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elko.
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