Lahontan Elementary School

Located at 1099 Merton Drive, in Fallon, Nevada, Lahontan Elementary School is a mid-sized K-5 school that instructs 436 students (grades K through 1), one of the schools within Churchill.

Lahontan Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Churchill, a district that teaches 3,186 students overall.

On demographics, Lahontan Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 32% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Native American. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Churchill County (around 86%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Churchill County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,163 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lahontan Elementary School is one of 8 public schools in Churchill County (combined enrollment of about 3,983 students).

The closest other public school is Churchill County High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 13%: 504 students in 2018 compared to 436 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 24% to 32% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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