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Enrollment
442
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYON·NCES 320030000175
Fernley Elementary School
450 Hardie Lane, Fernley, NV 89408 · (775) 575-3420 · Lyon County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Nevada public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nevada public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
442 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 85%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 8% smaller than its 4th grade class (80).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
30.5%
NV avg 45.8% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
29.4%
NV avg 35.6% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.5% | 29.4% |
| 2023-24 | 31.5% | 30.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nevada's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fernley Elementary School
Fernley Elementary School's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fernley Elementary School this school | 442 | 100.0% | 30.4% |
| Lahontan Elementary School Fallon | 436 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Edith W. Fritsch Elementary Carson City | 500 | 100.0% | 40.0% |
| E C Best Elementary Fallon | 465 | 100.0% | 28.9% |
| Grass Valley Elementary Winnemucca | 406 | 99.8% | 32.4% |
| Sutro Elementary School Dayton | 426 | 100.0% | 22.3% |
Matched among Nevada elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fernley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Lyon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #230 of 367 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #257 of 388 ▼ 38 | #2 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #304 of 390 ▼ 39 | #3 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #270 of 442 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #132 of 379 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #203 of 381 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #255 of 386 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #283 of 304 | #5 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
442
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 346
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 442 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 100% (442) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 27 | 15.6:1 | 100% (421) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 23.5 | 18.2:1 | 43% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 27 | 16.2:1 | 47% (207) |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 27.5 | 16.8:1 | 71% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 76% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 53% (255) |
| 2000-01 | 508 | 28 | 18.1:1 | 42% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 346 | 22 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fernley Elementary School.
About Fernley Elementary School
Fernley Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Fernley, Nevada. It serves 442 students in pre-K through 4.
Lyon (19 schools, 9,169 students) runs Fernley Elementary School.
White students make up a majority at Fernley Elementary School, at 54%. Next come 32% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% Native American. That compares with about 74% White among all Lyon County residents. Fernley Elementary School's diversity index is 60%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.8:1, with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 2.3 students per teacher below the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. That tracks the 100% average for public schools in Lyon County.
Fernley Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 38% of Nevada public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Fernley Elementary School is 2.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (30.4% versus 32.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Nevada.
According to the American Community Survey, in Lyon County, the median household income is $80,812, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Fernley Elementary School is one of 20 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Fernley Intermediate School, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Fernley Elementary School is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Fernley Elementary School in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 437 to 442.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Fernley Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Lyon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,680
Census ACS
Median income
$80,812
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
9,169 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lyon
- Fernley High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Dayton High SchoolHigh · 748 students
- Silverland Middle SchoolMiddle · 677 students
- Fernley Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 658 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- East Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
Other schools in Fernley
- Fernley High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Silverland Middle SchoolMiddle · 677 students
- Fernley Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 658 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- East Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- Lyon County Adult EducationCombined
Nearby schools
- Fernley Intermediate School0.1 mi · 658
- Cottonwood Elementary School1.3 mi · 572
- Fernley High School1.6 mi · 1,327
- Silverland Middle School2.9 mi · 677
- Natchez Elementary3.1 mi · 121
- East Valley Elementary School6.1 mi · 518
Frequently asked questions
About Fernley Elementary SchoolHow large is Fernley Elementary School?
Fernley Elementary School enrolls approximately 442 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Fernley Elementary School serve?
Fernley Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Fernley Elementary School have?
Fernley Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Fernley Elementary School?
Student demographics at Fernley Elementary School are roughly 54% White, 32% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Fernley Elementary School?
Fernley Elementary School is overseen by Lyon in Lyon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.