Best Public Schools in Zip Code 89429

ZIP code 89429 covers Silver Springs, Nevada, and is served by the Lyon district, with four reported schools — Silver Stage Elementary School (PK–4), Silver Stage Middle School (5–8), Silver Stage High School (9–12), and Eagle Ridge High School (grades 7–12) — enrolling 1,084 students combined. The district is rated 10th of 12 in Nevada, at the 17th percentile with 1 star, a rating attached to all four school records. The three larger schools report 100% free/reduced lunch for 2024–2025, and per-student spending is between $15,384 and $16,830, with reported student-teacher ratios around 19:1.

Each school's strongest result looks different. Silver Stage High has the area's best graduation rate, 93.9% in 2024–2025, above the district's 85.7% and the state's 85.4%, plus year-over-year test gains (ACT Math 12 to 15, ACT English 24.3 to 30.3, EOC Science 10.2 to 18) — but also the highest chronic absenteeism, 49.1% in 2025–2026. Silver Stage Elementary shows the biggest test movement (math 20.3 to 26.8, reading 17.1 to 24.6), and its math proficiency of 26.8% is above the district's 24.2% though below the state's 36.2%; its reading, 24.6%, trails both. Silver Stage Middle is relatively strongest in science at 17.2% versus the district's 13.8% (state 25.5%), but weakest in math at 14.8% (district 24.2%, state 36.2%).

Chronic absenteeism is an area-wide concern: Silver Stage High 49.1%, Silver Stage Middle 45.3%, and Silver Stage Elementary 36.1% — all above the state's 25.5%, with the two secondary schools also above the district's 36.6%. Proficiency remains below state averages in nearly every reported subject. Some values are suppressed by the state ("—") or simply not reported and should be treated as unknown, not as zero, including Eagle Ridge's ACT scores and several grade-level results. With only 8 students, Eagle Ridge's outcomes are not meaningfully comparable to the other schools.