Berkley Shelley ES

Set in Las Vegas, Nevada, Berkley Shelley ES is a medium-sized primary school, part of Clark County. It enrolls 719 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 50% larger than typical.

Across the 375 schools in Clark County (301,622 students total), Berkley Shelley ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Berkley Shelley ES logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 21% White, 17% Black, 15% multiracial, 14% Asian. Compared to Clark County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting Berkley Shelley ES tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Berkley Shelley 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 46.1%, a residual of +13.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Clark County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Berkley Shelley ES is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).

Nearest neighbor: Faiss Wilbur & Theresa MS, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Berkley Shelley ES at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 12%: 643 students in 2018 compared to 719 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 28% to 21% over that span.

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