Sutro Elementary School

Sutro Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary-level community in Dayton, Nevada, overseen by Lyon. The school works with 426 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Sutro Elementary School is one of 19 schools operated by Lyon, a district that works with 9,169 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Sutro Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 55%. Beyond that, the school logs 38% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the income-and-resources front, Sutro Elementary School shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at Sutro Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sutro Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Lyon County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,812, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Lyon County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,169 students), Sutro Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Dayton Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sutro Elementary School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.4%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Sutro Elementary School's enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 454 (now 426). White enrollment moved from 66% to 55% across the same window.

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