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Enrollment
1,075
Middle
DISTRICT 1,058 · STATE 767
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000273
Becker Ernest Middle School
9151 Pinewood Hills Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89134 · (702) 799-4460 · Clark County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,075 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Nevada public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nevada public middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,075 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 85%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 359 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 322 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 394 | 37% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
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
48.3%
NV avg 45.8% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
25.3%
NV avg 35.6% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.3% | 25.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.3% | 27.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
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
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 →
Schools most like Becker Ernest Middle School
Becker Ernest Middle School's state test result (36.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Becker Ernest Middle School this school | 1,075 | 100.0% | 36.2% |
| Saville Anthony Middle School Las Vegas | 1,477 | 100.0% | 34.4% |
| Escobedo Edmundo Eddie Sr Middle School Las Vegas | 918 | 100.0% | 31.0% |
| Greenspun Barbara & Hank Junior High School Henderson | 1,312 | 100.0% | 43.3% |
| Brown B Mahlon Junior High School Henderson | 783 | 100.0% | 30.0% |
| Schofield Jack Lund Middle School Las Vegas | 988 | 100.0% | 31.6% |
Matched among Nevada middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Becker Ernest Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #33 of 94 | #22 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #43 of 98 ▼ 7 | #27 of 59 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #30 of 98 ▲ 9 | #23 of 59 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,075 | #31 of 113 | #30 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #61 of 94 | #38 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #13 of 94 | #13 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #21 of 95 | #20 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #22 of 68 | #16 of 50 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,075
-201 (-16%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 1,442
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 26.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,075 | 47 | 22.9:1 | 100% (1,075) |
| 2023-24 | 1,044 | 36 | 29.0:1 | 100% (1,044) |
| 2022-23 | 1,127 | 44 | 25.6:1 | 100% (1,127) |
| 2020-21 | 1,276 | 48 | 26.6:1 | 100% (1,276) |
| 2017-18 | 1,378 | 56 | 24.6:1 | 53% (732) |
| 2015-16 | 1,443 | 57 | 25.3:1 | 57% (826) |
| 2010-11 | 1,437 | 60 | 23.9:1 | 48% (685) |
| 2000-01 | 1,442 | 67 | 21.5:1 | 12% (171) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Becker Ernest Middle School.
About Becker Ernest Middle School
Becker Ernest Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It teaches 1,075 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Nevada have about 767 students on average; enrollment here is 40% higher.
Clark County oversees Becker Ernest Middle School and 374 other schools, with 301,622 students in total.
Hispanic students make up 40% of enrollment at Becker Ernest Middle School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 26% White, 17% Black, 10% multiracial, and 5% Asian. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at Becker Ernest Middle School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 22.9:1 is based on 47 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 22.4:1 average for middle schools in Nevada is close to this figure. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%.
Among Nevada public middle schools, Becker Ernest Middle School outscored 70%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Becker Ernest Middle School is 3.7 points above its prediction. Actual: 36.2%. Predicted: 32.5%.
In Clark County, median household income comes to about $76,472, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 462, with about 360,225 students.
Among nearby public schools, Lummis William Elementary School is closest at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Becker Ernest Middle School. Becker Ernest Middle School places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 16% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 22.9 students per teacher, compared with 26.6 in 2020-21.
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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 High SchoolHigh · 3,300 students
- Sierra Vista High SchoolHigh · 3,255 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 3,203 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 3,147 students
- Arbor View High SchoolHigh · 3,069 students
Other schools in Las Vegas
- NV Learning Academy J-SHSHigh · 3,352 students
- Desert Oasis High SchoolHigh · 3,300 students
- Sierra Vista High SchoolHigh · 3,255 students
- Arbor View High SchoolHigh · 3,069 students
- Desert Pines High SchoolHigh · 3,011 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,961 students
Nearby schools
- Lummis William Elementary School0.2 mi · 503
- Discovery Charter School HillPointe0.3 mi · 407
- Bryan Richard H Elementary School1.5 mi · 465
- Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School2.1 mi · 696
- Doral Academy Fire Mesa2.1 mi · 993
- Garehime Edith Elementary School2.1 mi · 597
Frequently asked questions
About Becker Ernest Middle SchoolHow many students attend Becker Ernest Middle School?
Becker Ernest Middle School enrolls approximately 1,075 students in grades 06-08.
Is Becker Ernest Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Becker Ernest Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Becker Ernest Middle School have?
Becker Ernest Middle School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.9:1.
How diverse is Becker Ernest Middle School?
Becker Ernest Middle School reports a student body of 26% White, 40% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Becker Ernest Middle School?
Becker Ernest Middle School is overseen by Clark County in Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.