Humboldt County School District
Administration office in Winnemucca
Address
310 East Fourth Street
Winnemucca
, Nevada, 89445
United States
Coordinates40°58′31″N 117°43′52″W / 40.9752°N 117.7310°W / 40.9752; -117.7310
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12[1]
NCES District ID3200210[1]
Students and staff
Students3,267[1]
Teachers245.0 (FTE)[1]
Staff246.0 (FTE)[1]
Student–teacher ratio13.33[1]
Other information
Websitewww.hcsdnv.com

The Humboldt County School District is a public school district serving K−12 education in Humboldt County, Nevada,[2] in the northwestern part of the state.

Its headquarters are in Winnemucca.[3]

History

The district had 1,547 students in the 1963-1964 school year, an increase by 97 from the preceding school year.[4]

In 1978 there was a group of parents in the Happy Creek/Leonard Creek/Pahute Meadows region, served by a privately-operated school, asking for the county district to open a public school for the area.[5]

Schools

K–12 schools

High schools (9–12)

  • Albert M. Lowry High School (Winnemucca)
    • Previously known as Humboldt County High School, it had 360 students in the 1963-1964 school year.[4]

K-8 schools

  • Denio School (Denio)
    • It is a two-room schoolhouse. The school lacks a full service cafeteria. Its nature, as of 2004, allows teachers to have informal, flexible scheduling.[6] It had 20 students in the 1963-1964 school year.[4] The enrollment in December 2004 was the same number as the 1963-1964 figure.[6]
  • Kings River School (Kings River Valley)
    • It had 15 students in the 1963-1964 school year.[4]
  • Orovada School (Orovada)
    • In 1954 the Orovada School had 22 students.[7] A new 3,200-square-foot (300 m2) building, designed by Alegre and Hanson and built by A.T. Costa, opened in 1958.[8] The two classroom facility and two teacher apartment facilities were made of pumice.[9] In 1966 some parents stated that the district needed a new heating system in the school and they would prevent their children from attending if this was not done.[10]
  • Paradise Valley School (Paradise Valley)
    • It had 27 students in the 1963-1964 school year.[4]

Junior high schools (7–8)

Winnemucca Junior High School
  • Winnemucca Junior High School (Winnemucca)

Middle schools (5–6)

  • French Ford Middle School (Winnemucca)

Elementary schools (K–4)

Winnemucca Grammar School
  • Grass Valley Elementary School (Winnemucca)
  • Sonoma Heights Elementary School (Winnemucca)
    • In 1957 the plans to design the school, which were to be done by Alegre, Igaz and Harrison, a Reno, Nevada company, were underway.[11] It had 438 students in the 1963-1964 school year, and at the time it covered Kindergarten through 3rd Grade.[4]
  • Winnemucca Grammar School (Winnemucca)
    • It had 456 students in the 1963-1964 school year.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for HUMBOLDT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Humboldt County, NV" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 15, 2022. - Text list.
  3. ↑ "Home". Humboldt County School District. Retrieved March 11, 2023. Humboldt County School District 310 E 4th St Winnemucca, NV 89445
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Humboldt School Enrollment Gains". Reno Gazette-Journal. September 11, 1963. p. 2. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Humboldt school board facing growth problems". Reno Evening Gazette. Reno, Nevada. May 12, 1978. p. 10. - Clipping from Newspaper.com. Text detail A and Text detail B
  6. 1 2 Roccapriore, Carla (December 12, 2004). "Tiny-town students visit biggest little city". Reno Gazette-Journal. pp. 1C, 2C. - Clipping of first and of second page at Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Orovada School Enrollment 22". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. October 3, 1954. p. 3. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "New School Dedicated". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. March 11, 1958. p. 13. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Orovada School Contract Is Let". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. July 25, 1957. p. 11. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Heat System At Orovada School Woe". Nevada State Journal. August 13, 1966. p. 7. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Plans Prepared for Grade School". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. July 25, 1957. p. 11. - See Clipping at Newspapers.com.
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