📍 925 Farm District Road, Fernley, Lyon County, 89408
Cottonwood Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fernley, Lyon County. The school has 579 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lyon County School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 24% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cottonwood Elementary School enrolls 579 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 31 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% White, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 6.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 347 | 60% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 167 | 29% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 6.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 14 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
252 of the school's 579 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 214 qualify for free lunch and 38 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cottonwood Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NV-20, state senate district 17, state house district 38.
Cottonwood Elementary School is one of 20 schools in Lyon, based in YERINGTON, Nevada. The district serves 9,169 students district-wide and employs 459 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 579 students, Cottonwood Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 458 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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