Mineral County
The Rural Absenteeism Crisis: Three Nevada Counties Above 34%
At Owyhee High School in Elko County, 59.5% of the 89 students were chronically absent in 2024-25. The school serves the Duck Valley Indian Reservation on the Nevada-Idaho border, more than 100 miles ...
One in Three Nevada Students Missing Too Much School
Roughly 155,000 Nevada students were chronically absent in 2024-25. That is one in three students statewide who missed 10% or more of enrolled school days -- the equivalent of nearly four weeks of ins...