North Nevada News

There were 1,059 students enrolled in Lander County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.8% more than the previous year, according to the Nevada Accountability Portal.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.5% of them were boys, and 48.4% were girls.

The most common ethnicity among Lander County students was white, which represented 58.2% of the student body. The second most common ethnicity in the county was Hispanic (32%).

Battle Mountain Elementary School stood out with the highest enrollment among Lander County in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 440 students.

Enrollment in Nevada schools has dropped in recent years, falling nearly 2% in the last four years.

Nevada has roughly one teacher for every 22 students, compared to the national average of one teacher for every 16 students.

Some data provided by the Nevada Accountability Portal may be incomplete due to the Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

School name	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% Change
Battle Mountain Elementary School	420	440	4.8%
Eleanor Lemaire Junior High School	311	314	1%
Battle Mountain High School	286	294	2.8%
Austin Combined Schools	13	11	-15.4%