Summary:
ZIP code 89406 covers Fallon, Nevada, and is home to six schools serving about 3,878 students: three elementary schools (Lahontan Elementary School for grades K–1, E C Best Elementary for grades 2–3, and Numa Elementary School for grades 4–5), one middle school for grades 6–8, one high school for grades 9–12, and one K–12 charter alternative school. Five of the six are in the Churchill County School District; the sixth, Oasis Academy, belongs to the State Sponsored Charter Schools district.
Oasis Academy is the clear academic standout. Its all-grade proficiency beats both the district and the state: 51.5% in math, 59.7% in reading, and 40.2% in science, and its 11th-grade ACT results are far above state levels at 68.8% in math and 82.2% in English. It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the ZIP at 14.9%. Churchill County High School reports a 91.1% graduation rate, above the district's 85.9% and the state's 85.4%, and its ACT scores rose sharply from the prior year, though math remains below the state level and its chronic absenteeism is the ZIP's highest at 39.5%. E C Best Elementary has the lowest chronic absenteeism among the Churchill schools at 20.5%.
Overall, the Churchill County School District is ranked 11th of 12 districts in Nevada, and its five schools all report 100% free/reduced lunch. Churchill County Middle School and Numa Elementary School both rank in the 18th percentile with 1 star, and science is a weak spot across the district: middle school 15.8%, Numa 9.9%, and the high school's end-of-course science 17.9%, versus the state's 25.5% and 26.5%. Lahontan Elementary School has the highest per-student spending ($14,601) and the lowest student-teacher ratio (15.0), but no test scores are listed for it. Notably, spending and class size do not track outcomes here — Oasis spends the least ($8,807) with the highest ratio (23.4) yet posts the strongest results.
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