The Humboldt County School District is a public

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serving K−12 education in Humboldt County,

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, in the northwestern part of the state. Its headquarters are in Winnemucca.

History

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

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. The school lacks a full service cafeteria. Its nature, as of 2004, allows teachers to have informal, flexible scheduling.
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. 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 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

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. 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

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. 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

External links

* School districts in Nevada Education in Humboldt County, Nevada Winnemucca, Nevada {{Nevada-school-stub