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How has Beatty John R ES changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000346
Beatty John R ES
8685 Hidden Palms Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89123 · (702) 799-5700 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
486 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 85%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Clark County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
54.7%
NV avg 45.8% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
39.8%
NV avg 35.6% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
486
-127 (-21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 17.5:1
% White
27%
was 35%
% Hispanic
41%
was 33%
% Black
10%
was 7%
% Asian
6%
was 8%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Beatty John R ES
Set in Las Vegas, Nevada, Beatty John R ES is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, one of the schools within Clark County. It works with 486 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Clark County comprises 375 schools with combined enrollment of 301,622 students; Beatty John R ES is among them.
On the student-mix side, Beatty John R ES logs that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 27% White, 12% multiracial, 10% Black, 6% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.
On the resource side, Beatty John R ES records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting Beatty John R ES tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, Beatty John R ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 36.5%, a residual of +4.0 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Clark County) records that median household income runs about $76,472, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Beatty John R ES is one.
Nearest neighbor: Cartwright Roberta C ES, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Beatty John R ES comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.5%.
Beatty John R ES operates from an inner-city location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 21%: 613 students in 2018 compared to 486 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 35% to 27%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.
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Clark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,329,548
Census ACS
Median income
$76,472
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
462
360,225 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clark County
- NV Learning Academy J-SHSHigh · 3,352 students
- Desert Oasis HSHigh · 3,300 students
- Sierra Vista HSHigh · 3,255 students
- Liberty HSHigh · 3,203 students
- Coronado HSHigh · 3,147 students
- Arbor View HSHigh · 3,069 students
Other schools in Las Vegas
- NV Learning Academy J-SHSHigh · 3,352 students
- Desert Oasis HSHigh · 3,300 students
- Sierra Vista HSHigh · 3,255 students
- Arbor View HSHigh · 3,069 students
- Desert Pines HSHigh · 3,011 students
- Centennial HSHigh · 2,961 students
Nearby schools
- Cartwright Roberta C ES1.3 mi · 541
- Coral Academy Tamarus1.3 mi · 390
- Schofield Jack Lund MS1.3 mi · 988
- Silverado HS1.3 mi · 1,914
- Gehring Roger D Acad of Science & Technology ES1.4 mi · 648
- Silvestri Charles JHS1.4 mi · 1,076
Frequently asked questions
About Beatty John R ESHow large is Beatty John R ES?
Beatty John R ES enrolls approximately 486 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Beatty John R ES serve?
Beatty John R ES serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Beatty John R ES have?
Beatty John R ES employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Beatty John R ES?
Student demographics at Beatty John R ES are roughly 27% White, 41% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Beatty John R ES in?
Beatty John R ES is part of Clark County.
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