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Allen Dean LaMar ES
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nevada's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Allen Dean LaMar ES
Allen Dean LaMar ES is an elementary-level community of intimate scale in Las Vegas, Nevada, overseen by Clark County, educateing 390 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Allen Dean LaMar ES is one of 375 schools operated by Clark County, a district that instructs 301,622 students overall.
Demographically, Allen Dean LaMar ES reports that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 36% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 11% Black, 3% Asian.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Allen Dean LaMar ES has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting Allen Dean LaMar ES tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, Allen Dean LaMar ES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 44.3%.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,472, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Clark County's 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), Allen Dean LaMar ES is one campus in the mix.
NW Career-Technical Academy ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Allen Dean LaMar ES comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.4%.
The campus sits in a residential setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Allen Dean LaMar ES has declined 32%, going from 572 students in 2018 to 390 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 61% to 38% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.
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