Lyon Mack MS

Set in Overton, Nevada, Lyon Mack MS is a small middle-grades school, one of the schools within Clark County. It teaches 401 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 48% smaller than the state mean of about 767.

Across the 375 schools in Clark County (301,622 students total), Lyon Mack MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Lyon Mack MS lists that White students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder reads as 16% Hispanic, 3% Native American, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.4:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Lyon Mack MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lyon Mack MS ranks in the top 10% of Nevada public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 32.5%; Lyon Mack MS posts 55.5%, +23.0 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Clark County's 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), Lyon Mack MS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Moapa Valley HS, around 3.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lyon Mack MS at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 39.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lyon Mack MS has held roughly steady, going from 405 students in 2018 to 401 in 2025.

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