At $35,114 per pupil, Esmeralda County School District ranks #1 of 19 Nevada districts by per-pupil spending (Nevada districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
88
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$35,114
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Esmeralda County School District operates 4 public schools serving 88 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Nevada. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Esmeralda County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $35,114 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 2 of 19 Nevada districts by per-pupil spending. See how Nevada compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.3% local, 83.9% state, and 14.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 75:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 32.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.7% White, 31.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Esmeralda Virtual High School, with a diversity index of 53.1/100.
Its largest campus is Dyer Elementary School, enrolling 37 students (49% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Silver Peak Elementary School, at 6 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Dyer Elementary School accounts for 42.0% of all Esmeralda County School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Esmeralda County School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Esmeralda County School District school enrollment varies 6.2× across entities
Esmeralda County School District school enrollment ranges from 6 students (lowest) to 37 students (highest), a spread of 31 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Esmeralda County School District reports 96.4% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Esmeralda County School District student-counselor ratio is 75:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Esmeralda County School District chronic absenteeism rate is 32.2% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Esmeralda County School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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