Eagle Valley Times

There were 9,044 students enrolled in Lyon County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.5% more than the previous year, according to the Nevada Accountability Portal.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.2% of them were boys, and 48.8% were girls.

The most common ethnicity among Lyon County students was white, which represented 59.3% of the student body. The second most common ethnicity in the county was Hispanic (28.5%).

Fernley High School stood out with the highest enrollment among Lyon County in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,308 students.

Enrollment in Nevada schools has dropped in recent years, falling nearly 2% in the last four years.

Nevada has roughly one teacher for every 22 students, compared to the national average of one teacher for every 16 students.

Some data provided by the Nevada Accountability Portal may be incomplete due to the Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

School name	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% Change
Fernley High School	1,239	1,308	5.6%
Dayton High School	714	748	4.8%
Silverland Middle School	654	643	-1.7%
Fernley Intermediate School	623	640	2.7%
Cottonwood Elementary School	584	579	-0.9%
East Valley Elementary School	505	563	11.5%
Yerington Elementary School	450	481	6.9%
Dayton Elementary School	433	434	0.2%
Fernley Elementary School	456	428	-6.1%
Riverview Elementary School	443	413	-6.8%
Yerington Intermediate School	410	403	-1.7%
Sutro Elementary School	399	399	0%
Yerington High School	400	394	-1.5%
Dayton Intermediate School	379	376	-0.8%
Silver Stage Elementary School	352	364	3.4%
Silver Stage High School	325	333	2.5%
Silver Stage Middle School	343	329	-4.1%
Smith Valley Schools	203	209	3%