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Wells High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1129 Lake Avenue
Wells, NV 89835
Phone
(775) 752-3477
District
ELKO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
ELKO COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
98
Classroom Teachers
15

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Nevada

7

(10 is best)

Better than 63.2% of all NV schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Wells High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

50 40 30 20 10 0
36%
30%
40%
42%
32%
18%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
7
19
No Data
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 22 22.4%
Grade 10 27 27.6%
Grade 11 25 25.5%
Grade 12 24 24.5%
Total 98 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 63.2% 57.4% 30.6%
Black 1.1% 0.8% 13.3%
Hispanic 28.4% 35.2% 47.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.1% 0.6% 6.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 6.3% 6.0% 2.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 36.7% 40.6% 81.5%
Free lunch eligible 34.7% 39.2% 79.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.0% 1.4% 2.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 53,600 3,177,772
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3.1 29
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.0% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.6% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 35.0% 34.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.2% 25.2%
65 OR OLDER 12.2% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 19,032 1,163,671
Single Parent Households With Children 8.9% 9.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.9% 87.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 17.0% 26.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 19.3% 16.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 23.5% 17.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.9% 13.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.4% 17.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.1% 15.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.5% 10.6%
$15,000 or less 7.4% 8.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,906 $70,169,000 49.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $709 $7,207,000 5.1%
Staff $388 $3,947,000 2.8%
General Administration $114 $1,156,000 0.8%
School Administration $741 $7,526,000 5.3%
Operation $1,543 $15,675,000 11.1%
Transportation $387 $3,937,000 2.8%
Other $364 $3,702,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,247 $43,150,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,711 $27,546,000 19.6%
Total Expenditures $13,863 $140,865,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,056 $2,933,416,000 49.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $623 $301,833,000 5.1%
Staff $519 $251,588,000 4.3%
General Administration $156 $75,354,000 1.3%
School Administration $756 $366,104,000 6.2%
Operation $902 $436,957,000 7.4%
Transportation $323 $156,423,000 2.7%
Other $426 $206,305,000 3.5%
Total Support $3,705 $1,794,564,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,364 $1,144,939,000 19.5%
Total Expenditures $12,126 $5,872,919,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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