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Yerington Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-4
333rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 379 Nevada Elementary Schools
Better than 12% of Nevada elementary schools
Summary

Yerington Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Yerington, Nevada, serving grades PK-4 with a total enrollment of 466 students. The school is part of the Lyon School District, which is ranked 11th out of 12 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Yerington Elementary School faces significant challenges in terms of academic performance, with its students consistently scoring below the state and district averages in both mathematics and reading on the SBAC tests. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 27.1% of Yerington Elementary students were proficient or better in SBAC Mathematics, compared to 35.4% statewide and 22.9% in the Lyon district. The school's performance has been declining over the years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 151 out of 332 Nevada elementary schools in 2013-2014 to 333 out of 379 in 2024-2025. Additionally, Yerington Elementary has consistently high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 25.1% to 38.5% in recent years, which is significantly higher than the state average of around 25%.

While the nearby Schurz Elementary school in the Mineral School District has a higher percentage of students proficient or better in SBAC Reading (31.4%) compared to Yerington Elementary (22.7%) in the 2023-2024 school year, Schurz Elementary also has a higher rate of chronic absenteeism (26.6%) and a higher student-teacher ratio (25.3) compared to Yerington Elementary. The limited data on nearby schools suggests that Yerington Elementary School may be struggling more than the nearby Schurz Elementary School in some areas, such as reading proficiency.

465
Students ?
20.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,110
Per pupil spending ?
100%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 112 N. California Street
       Yerington, NV  89447

(775) 463-6844

District: Lyon


Students who attend Yerington Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Yerington Intermediate School
High:    Yerington High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
44.5%
White:
40.9%
American Indian:
8.2%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 55th percentile in 2014 → 12th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Nevada average (26% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (12th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 43 percentile points since 2014
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school26%
District avg26%
Nevada avg41%
333rd of 379
Nevada public elementary schools ?
Bottom 12%▼ down 25 pts since 2016
From bottom 37% (2016) to bottom 12% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
7th of 8Elementary Schools in the Lyon
11th of 12Lyon among Nevada districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNevada percentileRating
202514.4333 of 37912.1%★☆☆☆☆
202413.9341 of 3779.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202321.3293 of 38423.7%★☆☆☆☆
202222.4285 of 38025.0%★☆☆☆☆
202118.2275 of 32415.1%★☆☆☆☆
201915.8353 of 3889.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201834.5218 of 34136.1%★★☆☆☆
201731.2232 of 35133.9%★★☆☆☆
201633.2217 of 34737.5%★★☆☆☆
201455.0151 of 33254.5%★★★☆☆
201361.2128 of 33061.2%★★★☆☆
201254.8131 of 32860.1%★★★☆☆
201161.5107 of 31866.4%★★★☆☆
201078.343 of 30085.7%★★★★☆
200949.1132 of 29254.8%★★★☆☆
200868.379 of 29473.1%★★★★☆
200661.179 of 24667.9%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNevada percentileRating
201817.2209 of 2131.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNevada percentileRating
201837.5205 of 33037.9%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNevada percentileRating
201826.5252 of 30818.2%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNevada percentileRating
201832.8235 of 32126.8%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNevada percentileRating
201831.8230 of 33230.7%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNevada percentileRating
201848.0101 of 22755.5%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNevada percentileRating
201821.1210 of 24715.0%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Special Education (2018)56th percentile+19 vs school
Female (2018)38th percentile~ school
Male (2018)31st percentile-5 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2018)27th percentile-9 vs school
Hispanic (2018)18th percentile-18 vs school
White (2018)15th percentile-21 vs school
English Language Learner (2018)2nd percentile-34 vs school
By subject vs Nevada (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics27%-8 vs state
Reading24%-21 vs state

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Students who attend Yerington Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Yerington Intermediate School
High : Yerington High School

Students at Yerington Elementary School are 45% Hispanic, 41% White, 8% American Indian, 5% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 465 students attended Yerington Elementary School.

Yerington Elementary School ranks in the bottom 12.1% of Nevada elementary schools.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Nevada Department of Education.

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