Summary:
Fernley, Nevada has six schools, all in the Lyon district: three elementary schools (Cottonwood, East Valley, and Fernley Elementary, all PK–4), two middle schools (Fernley Intermediate for grades 5–6 and Silverland Middle for grades 7–8), and one high school (Fernley High for grades 9–12). Enrollment totals 4,194 students, with Fernley High the largest at 1,327 and Fernley Elementary the smallest at 442. Every school reports 100% free/reduced-price lunch, so that measure doesn't distinguish them. The Lyon district ranks 10th of 12 in Nevada, at the 17th percentile with 1 star.
East Valley Elementary is the academic leader: the only Fernley school above 1 star, with the lowest chronic absenteeism (33.6%) and the strongest elementary scores, including math at 37.6%. Its trend is downward, though, with its rank percentile falling from 68 to 51 to 34. Fernley Elementary shows the opposite pattern of resources and results: the highest per-student spending ($15,525), the smallest classes (15.7 students per teacher), but the highest absenteeism (44.3%) and lowest rank percentile (12). In the middle grades, Silverland Middle stands out in science at 25.3%, essentially at the state's 25.5%, while Fernley Intermediate reports science proficiency under 5% — a bound meaning fewer than that, not zero.
Chronic absenteeism is the citywide challenge: every Fernley school is above Nevada's 25.5%, and the citywide average is roughly 40.6%. Fernley High has a genuine bright spot in its 87.1% graduation rate, above both district and state, though its ACT and end-of-course science results stay below state. It also has the largest classes (24.1) and lowest spending ($10,602). Cottonwood Elementary shows math momentum, with 4th-grade math at 40.2% and all-grades math rising from 26.6% to 33.5%. Some results, including Fernley High's 9th- and 10th-grade science scores, are suppressed by the state and unknown.
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