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Humboldt County School District
Administration office in Winnemucca
Address
310 East Fourth Street Winnemucca, Nevada, 89445 United States
Coordinates	40°58′31″N 117°43′52″W / 40.9752°N 117.7310°W / 40.9752; -117.7310
District information
Type	Public
Grades	PreK–12
NCES District ID	3200210
Students and staff
Students	3,267
Teachers	245.0 (FTE)
Staff	246.0 (FTE)
Student–teacher ratio	13.33
Other information
Website	www.hcsdnv.com

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

Its headquarters are in Winnemucca.

History

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

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.

Schools

K–12 schools

• McDermitt Combined School (McDermitt)

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.

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. It had 20 students in the 1963-1964 school year. The enrollment in December 2004 was the same number as the 1963-1964 figure.
• Kings River School (Kings River Valley)
  • It had 15 students in the 1963-1964 school year.
• Orovada School (Orovada)
  • In 1954 the Orovada School had 22 students. A new 3,200-square-foot (300 m) building, designed by Alegre and Hanson and built by A.T. Costa, opened in 1958. The two classroom facility and two teacher apartment facilities were made of pumice. 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.
• Paradise Valley School (Paradise Valley)
  • It had 27 students in the 1963-1964 school year.

Junior high schools (7–8)

• Winnemucca Junior High School (Winnemucca)

Middle schools (5–6)

• French Ford Middle School (Winnemucca)

Elementary schools (K–4)

• 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. It had 438 students in the 1963-1964 school year, and at the time it covered Kindergarten through 3rd Grade.
• Winnemucca Grammar School (Winnemucca)
  • It had 456 students in the 1963-1964 school year.

References

1. ^ "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. ^ "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. ^ 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.

External links

• Official website

• School districts in Nevada
• Education in Humboldt County, Nevada
• Winnemucca, Nevada