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Safety in Lyon County Schools: 590 white students involved in criminal incidents in 2022-23 school year

Webp superintendent of public instruction chad aldis 2023

NV Superintendent of Public Instruction Chad Aldis 2023 | Iowa Department of Education

NV Superintendent of Public Instruction Chad Aldis 2023 | Iowa Department of Education

There were 590 white students involved in criminal incidents at Lyon County schools in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Nevada Accountability Portal.

White students committed 65.9% of the 759 criminal incidents in Lyon County schools in the 2022-23 school year. This is a decrease in the share of crimes committed by white students compared to the year before.

The most common offense committed by white students involved violence, occurring 58.6% of the time.

The year before, incidents involving violence were also the most common crimes committed by white Lyon County students.

In fact, incidents involving violence were the most prevalent crimes among all students in Lyon County schools in the 2022-23 school year.

Overall, the total number of criminal incidents in Lyon County schools increased by 50.6% compared to the previous year.

Within Lyon County, Fernley High School experienced the highest level of student-perpetrated criminal activity.

Parents have raised concerns about increasing crime in Nevada schools.

“Nevada schools are in a state of crisis as classroom violence increases,” Sig and Lori Rogich wrote in an opinion column in the Reno Gazette Journal.

An analysis of school district police data by the Las Vegas Sun found that both the occurrence and intensity of crimes within schools are increasing dangerously.

Some data provided by the Nevada Accountability Portal may be incomplete, as it is subject to the limitations imposed by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

Ethnicity Breakdown of Lyon County Criminal Incidents in 2022-23 School Year
White [65.9%]Hispanic [22.9%]American Indian [5.8%]Ethnities with <5% [5.2%]

Lyon County Schools Criminal Incidents in 2022-23 School Year
School NameTotal Count of Incidents% of White Students Responsible
Fernley High School15760.5%
Silverland Middle School10864.8%
Sutro Elementary School7287.5%
Silver Stage Elementary School6877.9%
Silver Stage Middle School6880.9%
Dayton High School6653%
Dayton Intermediate School5556.4%
Yerington Intermediate School4369.8%
Silver Stage High School4047.5%
Fernley Elementary School2653.8%
Yerington High School2070%
Fernley Intermediate School1353.8%
Riverview Elementary School850%
East Valley Elementary School771.4%
Smith Valley Schools650%
Yerington Elementary School2100%
Cottonwood Elementary School00%
Dayton Elementary School00%

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