East Valley Elementary School

As a moderately sized K-5 school in Fernley, Nevada, East Valley Elementary School enrolls 518 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by Lyon.

East Valley Elementary School is one of 19 schools operated by Lyon, a district that teaches 9,169 students overall.

Looking at the student body, East Valley Elementary School logs that 57% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 26% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, East Valley Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 45.6%, a residual of +13.1 points.

Around the school, Lyon County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,812, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. East Valley Elementary School is one of 20 public schools in Lyon County (combined enrollment of about 9,169 students).

The closest other public school is Silverland Middle School, roughly 3.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, East Valley Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 23.6%.

East Valley Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 538 students in 2018 compared to 518 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 57% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 today.

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