Silverland Middle School

Set in Fernley, Nevada, Silverland Middle School is a reasonably sized intermediate school, part of Lyon. It educates 677 students across grades 7 through 8.

Silverland Middle School is one of 19 schools operated by Lyon, a district that caters to 9,169 students overall.

Demographically, Silverland Middle School logs that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 30% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Silverland Middle School logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.9:1. The state averages about 22.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Silverland Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 24.6%.

Around the school, census data for Lyon County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,812 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Lyon County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,169 students), Silverland Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cottonwood Elementary School, around 1.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Silverland Middle School. On composite proficiency, Silverland Middle School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 27.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Silverland Middle School has expanded 14%, going from 594 students in 2018 to 677 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 67% to 52%. Class-load math has widened: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 in 2025.

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