| Gerlach K–12 School | |
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| Location | |
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| Information | |
| Former name | Gerlach High School |
| Established | 1931; 94 years ago (1931) |
| School district | Washoe County School District |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Enrollment | 8 (2016) |
| Website | www |
Gerlach K-12 School is a public K-12 school inGerlach, Nevada. A part of theWashoe County School District, its attendance boundary includes Gerlach andEmpire.[1]
It is about 110 miles (180 km) north ofReno.[2]
It includes a branch of theWashoe County Library System.[3]
The facility was previouslyGerlach High School, a grade 6-12 school as of 2001.[4][5] It opened in 1931, and got a new building in 1955 as the original building was destroyed by a fire.[6] The fire occurred in January 1955.[7] In the 1970s, the school's grade spread was 5-12 and it had a teacher-student ratio at 1 to 9. By 1976, the school consolidated all grade levels in a single building to have more efficient use of employees, as the area population had declined.[2] It was renovated circa the late 1990s.[3]
Ernest M. Johnson Elementary School, initially an elementary school inEmpire, moved to the Gerlach High site in Gerlach in 2001.[8] By 2000, the school's address was already in Gerlach.[9] It was to be housed in an eight classroom wing attached to the high school facility that was to open in fall 2002.[3]
Johnson became a K-12 school in 2011.[10]
Prior to fall 2000, enrollment was at 125 for the entire K-12 facility, with 55 students at Johnson Elementary and 70 students at Gerlach High. By that time, the schools had one aide forEnglish as a second language (ESL) purposes as an increasing number of students had that classification. The students were children of employees at Empire Farms andU.S. Gypsum.[3] At one point, enrollment was 80, and there were 20 employees. By 2016, U.S. Gypsum had curtailed operations, and enrollment was down to eight with three full-time employees along with some part-time employees.[11]
There are different ethnic groups among the student body, majority are whites followed byHispanic/Latino.[12]
Washoe County Public Schools maintains faculty housing throughmobile homes in a way to retain staff.[3]
Welcome to the Gerlach K-12 School! [...] serving the communities of Gerlach and Empire.
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