Regular local school district · Lander County
Lander County Public Schools, NV: schools, enrollment and spending
Lander County Public Schools runs 4 public schools with 1,059 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 25.2 students per teacher is 5.4 higher than the Nevada figure of 19.8.Listed in NCES data as "Lander".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,059
- Teachers (FTE)
- 42
- Students per teacher
- 25.2
- NV: 19.8 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 450 E. 6th Street, Battle Mountain, NV 89820
- Phone
- (775)635-2886
- County
- Lander County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3200240
- State district ID
- NV-08
- Total staff (FTE)
- 53
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 1,059 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district25.2
Nevada19.8
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,027), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $15.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.1 million
- State revenue
- $1.4 million
- Local revenue
- $13.2 million
- Total spending
- $16.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,749
- Salaries
- $7.4 million46.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $26,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.8%
- State: 8.8%
- Local: 84.3%
Nevada overall
- Federal: 11.4%
- State: 33.2%
- Local: 55.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,749
Nevada$12,177
United States$16,826
Schools in Lander County Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Austin Combined Schools | Elementary | PK to 8 | 8 | 8.0 |
| Battle Mountain Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 432 | 27.0 |
| Battle Mountain High School | High | 9 to 12 | 309 | 19.3 |
| Eleanor Lemaire Junior High School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 310 | 34.4 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.