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Enrollment
719
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000873
Berkley Shelley Elementary School
9850 Copper Edge Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89148 · (702) 799-2525 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL719 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Nevada public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
719 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 51 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 131 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
79%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
Students here typically continue to
Berkley Shelley Elementary School→Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School
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
62.5%
NV avg 45.8% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
54.5%
NV avg 35.6% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.5% | 54.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 52.1% |
% 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
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 Berkley Shelley Elementary School
Berkley Shelley Elementary School's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berkley Shelley Elementary School this school | 719 | 100.0% | 46.1% |
| Mathis Dr. Beverly S Elementary School Las Vegas | 814 | 100.0% | 43.5% |
| Batterman Kathy L Elementary School Las Vegas | 635 | 100.0% | 52.4% |
| Snyder Don & Dee Elementary School Las Vegas | 679 | 100.0% | 34.5% |
| Ortwein Dennis Elementary School Las Vegas | 828 | 100.0% | 35.6% |
| Gehring Roger D Academy of Science & Technology Elementary School Las Vegas | 648 | 100.0% | 76.6% |
Matched among Nevada elementary 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 Berkley Shelley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #79 of 367 | #51 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #81 of 388 ▼ 5 | #55 of 258 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #72 of 390 ▼ 1 | #55 of 259 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 719 | #49 of 442 | #47 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #210 of 379 | #157 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 79.5% | #9 of 381 | #9 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #232 of 386 | #227 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.8% | #14 of 46 | #12 of 38 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
719
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 719 | 42 | 17.1:1 | 100% (719) |
| 2023-24 | 725 | 40 | 18.1:1 | 100% (725) |
| 2022-23 | 725 | 38 | 19.1:1 | 100% (725) |
| 2020-21 | 726 | 32 | 22.7:1 | 100% (726) |
| 2017-18 | 643 | 37 | 17.4:1 | 50% (324) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Berkley Shelley Elementary School.
About Berkley Shelley Elementary School
Berkley Shelley Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Las Vegas, Nevada. It enrolled 719 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 50% higher than the average for elementary schools in Nevada, which is about 480.
Berkley Shelley Elementary School falls under Clark County, which has 375 schools enrolling 301,622 students.
The most common group at Berkley Shelley Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 30%. Enrollment also includes 21% White, 17% Black, 15% multiracial, and 14% Asian. County-wide, about 32% of residents are Hispanic. Berkley Shelley Elementary School's diversity index is 79%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 42 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 17.1:1. That is lower than the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. Eligible students account for 100% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
Berkley Shelley Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of Nevada public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Berkley Shelley Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Nevada is predicted to score 32.5%. Berkley Shelley Elementary School scores 46.1%, 13.5 points above that line.
Clark County has these Census figures: the median household income is $76,472, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clark County is home to 462 public schools and about 360,225 public school students.
The closest public school to Berkley Shelley Elementary School is Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. Berkley Shelley Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Berkley Shelley Elementary School comes in 4th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Berkley Shelley Elementary School had 726 students in 2020-21 and 719 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The ratio of students to teachers went from 22.7:1 to 17.1:1 over the same years.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- 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
- Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School0.4 mi · 1,284
- Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School0.9 mi · 728
- Batterman Kathy L Elementary School1.5 mi · 635
- Fertitta Victoria Middle School2.0 mi · 1,172
- Forbuss Robert L Elementary School2.1 mi · 641
- Amplus Durango2.2 mi · 1,761
Frequently asked questions
About Berkley Shelley Elementary SchoolHow large is Berkley Shelley Elementary School?
Berkley Shelley Elementary School enrolls approximately 719 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Berkley Shelley Elementary School serve?
Berkley Shelley Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Berkley Shelley Elementary School?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Berkley Shelley Elementary School.
How diverse is Berkley Shelley Elementary School?
Berkley Shelley Elementary School reports a student body of 21% White, 30% Hispanic, 17% Black, 14% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Berkley Shelley Elementary School?
Berkley Shelley Elementary 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.