Regular local school district · Lyon County
Lyon County Public Schools, NV: schools, enrollment and spending
Lyon County Public Schools runs 19 public schools with 9,205 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 19.8 students per teacher is about the same as the Nevada figure of 19.8.Listed in NCES data as "Lyon".
At a glance
- Schools
- 19
- Students
- 9,205
- Teachers (FTE)
- 465
- Students per teacher
- 19.8
- NV: 19.8 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 25 E. Goldfield Ave., Yerington, NV 89447
- Phone
- (775)463-6800
- County
- Lyon County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3200300
- State district ID
- NV-10
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,041
- School counselors (FTE)
- 21.0About 438 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 39.0
Students per teacher compared
This district19.8
Nevada19.8
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (8,817), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $113.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $11.5 million
- State revenue
- $61.2 million
- Local revenue
- $40.5 million
- Total spending
- $117.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,298
- Salaries
- $56.2 million47.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $70.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.1%
- State: 54.1%
- Local: 35.8%
Nevada overall
- Federal: 11.4%
- State: 33.2%
- Local: 55.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,298
Nevada$12,177
United States$16,826
Schools in Lyon County Public Schools
By level: 5 high, 5 middle, 8 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cottonwood Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 572 | 20.4 |
| Dayton Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 451 | 16.7 |
| Dayton High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 748 | 22.7 |
| Dayton Intermediate SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 356 | 22.2 |
| Eagle Ridge High School | High | 7 to 12 | 8 | |
| East Valley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 518 | 21.6 |
| Fernley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 442 | 15.8 |
| Fernley High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,327 | 24.1 |
| Fernley Intermediate SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 6 | 658 | 24.4 |
| Riverview Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 452 | 16.7 |
| Silver Stage Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 398 | 19.0 |
| Silver Stage High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 351 | 19.5 |
| Silver Stage Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 327 | 20.4 |
| Silverland Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 677 | 23.3 |
| Smith Valley SchoolsCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 178 | 11.9 |
| Sutro Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 426 | 17.8 |
| Yerington Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 465 | 20.2 |
| Yerington High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 413 | 24.3 |
| Yerington Intermediate SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 402 | 16.8 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.