Best Public Schools in Panaca, NV

Summary:

The city of Panaca, Nevada is home to three schools serving students from elementary through high school: Panaca Elementary School, Lincoln County High School, and Meadow Valley Middle School. Based on the available data, Panaca Elementary School stands out as the top-performing school in the Lincoln district, consistently ranking among the best elementary schools in the state.

Panaca Elementary School boasts impressive academic achievements, with math and reading proficiency rates significantly higher than the district and state averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, 51.8% of Panaca Elementary students were proficient or better in both math and reading, compared to 46.6% and 49.3% in the Lincoln district, and 32.6% and 41.3% statewide, respectively. The school's strong performance has earned it a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

In contrast, Lincoln County High School and Meadow Valley Middle School do not stand out as strongly, with 2-star and 3-star ratings, respectively. While the middle school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 15.0, the high school spends significantly more per student ($14,615) compared to the elementary school ($9,630), suggesting a need to further investigate the factors driving the performance differences across the schools in the Lincoln district.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				EOC Science Exam Science (2024)		SBAC Mathematics (2024)						SBAC Reading (2024)						SBAC Science (2024)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Science Exam Science 9th Grade	EOC Science Exam Science All Grades	SBAC Mathematics 3rd Grade	SBAC Mathematics 4th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 6th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 7th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 8th Grade	SBAC Mathematics All Grades	SBAC Reading 3rd Grade	SBAC Reading 4th Grade	SBAC Reading 6th Grade	SBAC Reading 7th Grade	SBAC Reading 8th Grade	SBAC Reading All Grades	SBAC Science 8th Grade	SBAC Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lincoln County High School	Public	9-12	1111 East Edwards Street	Panaca	89042	Lincoln County	Lincoln	No	No	No	No	(775) 728-4481	160	10	16.8	33.1%	133 (83.1%)	2 (1.3%)	14 (8.8%)	2 (1.3%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.0%)								(n/a)	30.3	31.4															$14,615	$739	$13,876
Panaca Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1000 East Edwards	Panaca	89042	Lincoln County	Lincoln	No	No	No	Yes	(775) 728-4446	202	9	22.4	36.6%	179 (88.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	10 (5.0%)	78.3	64^th of 377 public elementary schools	83.0%		82	54^th of 384 public elementary schools	85.9%	10			58.3	54.5	58.3			51.8	41.7	54.5	66.7			51.8			$9,630	$1,453	$8,177
Meadow Valley Middle School	Public	7-8	91 N 4th Street	Panaca	89042	Lincoln County	Lincoln	No	No	No	No	(775) 728-4655	82	5	15.8	42.7%	69 (84.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (12.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.7%)	63.3	55^th of 153 public middle schools	64.1%		65	55^th of 152 public middle schools	63.8%							64.9	27.5	45.5				64.9	37.5	50.6	37.5	37.5	$16,773	$1,226	$15,547

Cities Near Panaca

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank	Rank (0-5)
Pioche	10.75 mi	1
Caliente	13.49 mi	2

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Nevada Department of Education.

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