Becker Ernest MS

Becker Ernest MS is one of the average-sized middle schools in Las Vegas, Nevada, operated by Clark County, with 1,075 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 40% bigger than the typical public school in Nevada, which averages around 767 students.

Within Clark County, which oversees 375 schools and 301,622 students, Becker Ernest MS is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Becker Ernest MS shows that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 26% White, 17% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 100% of students at Becker Ernest MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Becker Ernest MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 36.2%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Becker Ernest MS is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).

Lummis William ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Becker Ernest MS. On composite proficiency, Becker Ernest MS comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 43.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Becker Ernest MS has declined 22%, going from 1,378 students in 2018 to 1,075 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 32% to 26% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 in 2025.

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