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Cottonwood Elementary School, Fernley, NV

CEP schoolCottonwood Elementary School is a public elementary school in Fernley, part of Lyon County Public Schools. It enrolled 572 students in 2024-25, with 20.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
572
Teachers (FTE)
28.0
Students per teacher
20.4
Grades
PK to 4

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 19.8. The Nevada average across schools is 19.8. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school20.4
District19.8
Nevada19.8
United States15.3

School details

Address
925 Farm District Road, Fernley, NV 89408
Phone
(775)575-3414
District
Lyon County Public Schools
County
Lyon County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Town: Distant
NCES school ID
320030000387
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
572
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
572100.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
242Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Lyon County Public Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.