Photo: Canyon Cassidy · CC BY-SA 4.0Silver City’s public schools
Lyon County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Silver City. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 96% of students in Nevada’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Silver City’s schools, in brief
School by school
4 of Silver City’s 17 district schools with test results score above the middle of Nevada’s 656 public schools. East Valley Elementary School places highest (better than 69%); Yerington High School lowest (18%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Nine elementary schools serve Silver City, graded from C to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then five middle schools and five high schools: Fernley High School, Dayton High School, Yerington High School, Silver Stage High School and Smith Valley Schools. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Silver City, with each school’s own grade.
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Lyon County School District.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Silver City vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Nevada towns that share Silver City’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Silver City | — | Lyon County |
Every school in Silver City
17 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Nevada’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Silver City’s schools
Are Silver City’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Silver City. Lyon County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Silver City. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 17 district schools with test results score above the middle of Nevada’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Silver City in?
Lyon County School District.
Where do Silver City kids go to high school?
One of five high schools, depending on your address: Fernley High School, Dayton High School, Yerington High School, Silver Stage High School and Smith Valley Schools.
Parents talk
What Silver City families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Silver City → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.