About Nye School District
Nye School District is a public school system serving Nye County, Nevada, based in Pahrump. It serves 5,742 students across 23 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: fringe district. By enrollment it is the #7 largest of Nevada’s 20 school systems.
Size and structure
Nye School District enrolls 5,742 students in 23 schools — an average of about 250 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #7 of 20 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Nye School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (5,742 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Nye School District employs about 298 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 19.3:1 — below the Nevada average of about 19.5:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 944.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Nevada funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Nye School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Nevada rates districts through the Nevada School Performance Framework (NSPF), a 1-to-5-star rating built on proficiency, growth, graduation, English-learner progress and college-and-career readiness. Look up Nye School District on Nevada Report Card.
Accreditation status
Nevada has no state accreditation requirement; districts that pursue voluntary accreditation generally work with Cognia, the de facto K-12 accreditor. Look up Nye School District in the free Cognia registry.
Nye School District vs. Nevada
See every Nevada district side by side in the Nevada directory.
Look up Nye School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):