Nye County School District

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Nye County School District
Location
Nevada
United States
Coordinates 38°4′9″N117°13′50″W / 38.06917°N 117.23056°W / 38.06917; -117.23056 (District office)
District information
TypePublic
GradesPK-12
SuperintendentDale A. Norton
Schools17
Budget$74,251,000
NCES District ID 3200360 [1]
Students and staff
Students5,933
Teachers322.50
Staff1235
Student–teacher ratio18.40
Other information
Website www.nye.k12.nv.us

Nye County School District (NCSD) provides public education for all grades in Nye County, Nevada, [2] as well as 9th through 12th grade education for students living in Esmeralda County, due to its school district having no high school. [3] The administrative headquarters of the district are in Pahrump. [4] The district serves 17 schools. [5] The school district also serves 5,933 students with over 322 Administrators & Faculty Members. The N.C.S.D. Motto is Every Child A Success.

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At 18,198.597 square miles (47,134.15 km2), Nye County School District is the largest school district in the contiguous 48 states by area, and the 15th largest in the United States, preceded entirely by the school districts of Alaska.

History

In 1955 the Nye County district agreed to receive tuition from Esmeralda County district to pay for that district's high school students' tuition at Tonopah High. [6]

It had its Southern District Office in Pahrump and its Northern District Office in Tonopah. [7]

NCSD schools

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References

  1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Nye County School District". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  2. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Nye County, NV" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved July 17, 2022. - Text list
  3. "Education". Esmeralda County, Nevada. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  4. "Home". Nye County School District. Retrieved March 10, 2024. 484 S. West Street Pahrump, NV
  5. "Nye County Schools" . Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  6. "Nye County School Board Approves Esmeralda's Payments for Tuition". Nevada State Journal . Reno, Nevada. July 1, 1955. p. 9. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  7. "Contact Us". Nye County School District. Archived from the original on August 13, 2007. Retrieved March 10, 2024. Southern District Office 484 S. West Street Pahrump, NV 89048 [...] Northern District Office P.O. Box 113 Tonopah, NV 89049
  8. Powers, Lenita (July 13, 1975). "Duckwater Indians Make Children's Education a Home Affair". Nevada State Journal . p. 21. - Clipping from Newspapers.com. Text detail A, Text detail B
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