North Nevada News

There were 21 Hispanic students involved in criminal incidents at Humboldt County schools in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Nevada Accountability Portal.

Hispanic students committed 22.9% of the 109 criminal incidents in Humboldt County schools in the 2022-23 school year. This is a decrease in the share of crimes committed by Hispanic students compared to the year before.

The most common offense committed by Hispanic students involved drugs, occurring 32% of the time.

The year before, incidents involving drugs were also the most common crimes committed by Hispanic Humboldt County students.

In fact, incidents involving drugs were the most prevalent crimes among all students in Humboldt County schools in the 2022-23 school year.

Overall, the total number of criminal incidents in Humboldt County schools increased by 22.5% compared to the previous year.

Within Humboldt County, Winnemucca Junior High School experienced the highest level of student-perpetrated criminal activity.

Parents have raised concerns about increasing crime in Nevada schools.

“Nevada schools are in a state of crisis as classroom violence increases,” Sig and Lori Rogich wrote in an opinion column in the Reno Gazette Journal.

An analysis of school district police data by the Las Vegas Sun found that both the occurrence and intensity of crimes within schools are increasing dangerously.

Some data provided by the Nevada Accountability Portal may be incomplete, as it is subject to the limitations imposed by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

School Name	Total Count of Incidents	% of Hispanic Students Responsible
Winnemucca Junior High School	38	42.1%
Albert M. Lowry High School	28	17.9%
French Ford Middle School	28	14.3%
McDermitt Junior High School	6	0%
McDermitt Elementary	5	0%
McDermitt High School	2	0%
Grass Valley Elementary	1	0%
Sonoma Heights Elementary	1	0%
Denio	0	0%
Kings River	0	0%
Orovada School	0	0%
Paradise Valley School	0	0%
Winnemucca Grammar School	0	0%