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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Fernley Intermediate School this year?
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Enrollment
658
Middle
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 767
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYON·NCES 320030000311
Fernley Intermediate School
320 Hwy 95A South, Fernley, NV 89408 · (775) 575-3390 · Lyon County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL658 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 22.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
658 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 85%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 301 | 46% |
| Grade 6 | 357 | 54% |
Student demographics
59%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
27.2%
NV avg 45.8% . -6.8pp since 2023
Math
21.0%
NV avg 35.6% . -4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.2% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 25.3% |
% 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
20.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% 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 Intermediate School
Fernley Intermediate School's state test result (20.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fernley Intermediate School this school | 658 | 100.0% | 20.1% |
| Churchill County Middle School Fallon | 700 | 100.0% | 21.2% |
| Silverland Middle School Fernley | 677 | 100.0% | 24.6% |
| Cold Springs Middle School RENO | 612 | 100.0% | 23.1% |
| Dayton Intermediate School Dayton | 356 | 100.0% | 23.7% |
| Rosemary Clarke Middle School Pahrump | 1,030 | 100.0% | 27.9% |
Matched among Nevada middle 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 Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #66 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #53 of 98 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #70 of 98 ▼ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 658 | #70 of 113 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #71 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #49 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #62 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #18 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
658
+38 (+6%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 477
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 658 | 27.5 | 23.9:1 | 100% (658) |
| 2023-24 | 669 | 31.5 | 21.2:1 | 100% (669) |
| 2022-23 | 640 | 28.5 | 22.5:1 | 44% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 41% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 644 | 33 | 19.5:1 | 56% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 31 | 17.9:1 | 52% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 45% (252) |
| 2000-01 | 441 | 24 | 18.4:1 | 31% (137) |
| 1990-91 | 477 | 25 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fernley Intermediate School.
About Fernley Intermediate School
Among the schools in Fernley, Nevada, is Fernley Intermediate School, a mid-sized middle school. Enrollment stands at 658 students, covering grades 5 through 6.
The Lyon system has 19 schools and 9,169 students.
The share of White students at Fernley Intermediate School is 57%, a majority. Smaller groups are 28% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Native American. For comparison, the population of Lyon County is roughly 74% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
Staffing at Fernley Intermediate School comes to 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 23.9:1. Middle schools in Nevada average 22.4:1, 1.5 fewer students per teacher than here. Fernley Intermediate School counts 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Lyon County is similar, at 100%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Fernley Intermediate School falls in the middle 80% of Nevada schools: 20.1% actual against 32.5% predicted.
In Lyon County, the median household earns about $80,812 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Lyon County has 20 public schools with about 9,169 students, including Fernley Intermediate School.
Fernley Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Fernley Intermediate School ranks 6th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Fernley Intermediate School the locale Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Fernley Intermediate School had a net gain of 38 students, or 6%. The number of students per teacher increased from 16.8 to 23.9 over 4 years.
The allk12 page for Fernley Intermediate School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- East Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- Yerington Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
Other schools in Fernley
- Fernley High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Silverland Middle SchoolMiddle · 677 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- East Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- Fernley Elementary SchoolElementary · 442 students
- Lyon County Adult EducationCombined
Nearby schools
- Fernley Elementary School0.1 mi · 442
- Cottonwood Elementary School1.3 mi · 572
- Fernley High School1.5 mi · 1,327
- Silverland Middle School3.0 mi · 677
- Natchez Elementary3.1 mi · 121
- East Valley Elementary School6.1 mi · 518
Frequently asked questions
About Fernley Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Fernley Intermediate School?
Fernley Intermediate School enrolls approximately 658 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does Fernley Intermediate School serve?
Fernley Intermediate School serves grades 05-06.
How many students per teacher at Fernley Intermediate School?
Approximately 23.9:1 students per teacher at Fernley Intermediate School.
How diverse is Fernley Intermediate School?
Fernley Intermediate School reports a student body of 57% White, 28% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Fernley Intermediate School in?
Fernley Intermediate School is part of Lyon.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.