Summary:
The Lyon district is made up of 19 schools — eight elementary, five middle, five high, and one alternative — serving 9,169 students across communities such as Fernley, Dayton, Yerington, and Silver Springs. The district ranks 10th of 12 in Nevada at the 17th percentile with 1 star, and poverty is widespread: 16 of the 19 schools report 100% free/reduced-price lunch. Per-student spending averages about $14,365, ranging from $10,602 at Fernley High School to $20,406 at Smith Valley Schools, while student-teacher ratios run from 11.6 to 24.2.
Several schools stand out. Smith Valley Schools has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the district at 10.5%, the smallest classes at 11.6 students per teacher, and the highest spending, with 33.7% math and 36.0% reading proficiency. East Valley Elementary School posts 37.6% math proficiency, above both district and state, while Dayton Elementary School reaches 41.7% in reading and Riverview Elementary School pairs low absenteeism (18.2%) with strong 5th-grade reading. Silverland Middle School's science proficiency of 25.3% far exceeds the district's 13.8%. Graduation rates are a bright spot: Silver Stage High School (93.9%), Dayton High School (91.7%), Yerington High School (90.5%), and Fernley High School (87.1%) all beat the district's 85.7% and the state's 85.4%.
The biggest shared challenge is chronic absenteeism, at 36.6% district-wide versus 25.5% statewide; the highest rates are at Silver Stage High School (49.1%), Silver Stage Middle School (45.3%), and Fernley Elementary School (44.3%). Test scores generally trail the state, and high school math is especially weak. Middle-school science varies widely — Fernley Intermediate School is under 5%. Spending and class size do not map neatly onto results, and very small schools such as Eagle Ridge High School (8 students) have most current data suppressed.
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