West Wendover Elementary School

West Wendover Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary-level community in West Wendover, Nevada, operated by Elko. The school teaches 419 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Elko, which oversees 35 schools and 9,546 students, West Wendover Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, West Wendover Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 79% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 17% White. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Elko County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, West Wendover Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 28.9%, a residual of -3.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Elko County put the typical household earns roughly $86,487 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Elko County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,984 students), West Wendover Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

West Wendover High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Wendover Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. West Wendover Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 574 (now 419). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 22% to 17%.

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