Bell Rex ES

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in Las Vegas, Nevada, Bell Rex ES hosts 539 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Clark County.

Clark County runs 375 schools in total, collectively educating 301,622 students. Bell Rex ES is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Bell Rex ES reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder breaks down as 28% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% White, 4% Asian. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at Bell Rex ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bell Rex 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 20.1%, a residual of -12.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Clark County shows median household earnings sit near $76,472, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Clark County's 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), Bell Rex ES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Clark Ed W HS, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bell Rex ES ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 28.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Bell Rex ES's enrollment has contracted 33% since 2018, when it stood at 808 (now 539). Black enrollment moved from 20% to 28% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Bell Rex ES community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.