Best Public Schools in Zip Code 89447

ZIP code 89447 covers the Yerington area and contains three public schools serving PK–12: Yerington Elementary School (PK–4, 465 students), Yerington Intermediate School (5–8, 402 students) and Yerington High School (9–12, 413 students) — roughly 1,280 students in all. Every school belongs to the Lyon district, which ranks 10th of 12 Nevada districts (1 district star), and all three report 100% free/reduced lunch, a sign of widespread economic need. Since the district rating is the same for all three, comparing the schools with one another is more informative than the district label alone.

Yerington Intermediate is the strongest of the three. It holds the best current rank (103rd of 148, 30th percentile, 2 stars), the lowest chronic absenteeism (32.6%), the smallest student-teacher ratio (16.7) and the highest per-student spending ($14,730); its reading proficiency is above the district average, and 7th grade is a bright spot. Yerington High is mixed: it graduates 90.5% of students, above the district (85.7%) and state (85.4%), yet ranks 98th of 105 (7th percentile, 0 stars), with ACT English at 19.3% (district 33.4%, state 50.8%) and EOC Science at 13.9%. Yerington Elementary is the largest school, and its reading (32.6%) edges the district (30.7%), but math (23%) trails both district (24.2%) and state (36.2%), with 4th grade math especially low at 16.4% versus the district's 29% and the state's 43.4%.

Three issues stand out. Chronic absenteeism affects all three schools — 38.7% at the elementary, 38.1% at the high school and 32.6% at the intermediate — every one of them above Nevada's 25.5%. Math is weaker than reading in the elementary and intermediate schools, and the high school's rank has fallen sharply, from 29th percentile with 2 stars in 2022–23 to 7th percentile with 0 stars in 2025–26. Finally, several results, including ACT Math, are suppressed and should be treated as unknown rather than as evidence of weakness.