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Enrollment
465
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000456
Bowler Joseph L Elementary School
451 Vincen Leavitt Ave, Bunkerville, NV 89007 · (702) 346-1900 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Nevada public elementary schools
- C+Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
465 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 | 53 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
55%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
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
38.9%
NV avg 45.8% . +9.8pp since 2023
Math
31.5%
NV avg 35.6% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.9% | 31.5% |
| 2023-24 | 29.1% | 28.6% |
% 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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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 Bowler Joseph L Elementary School
Bowler Joseph L Elementary School's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler Joseph L Elementary School this school | 465 | 100.0% | 32.0% |
| Fremont Elementary Carson City | 553 | 100.0% | 27.9% |
| Lena Juniper Elementary SPARKS | 372 | 100.0% | 41.3% |
| Sonoma Heights Elementary Winnemucca | 468 | 100.0% | 44.5% |
| Virgin Valley Elementary School Mesquite | 621 | 100.0% | 42.6% |
| Katherine Dunn Elementary SPARKS | 462 | 99.8% | 33.9% |
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 Bowler Joseph L Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #212 of 367 | #147 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #236 of 388 ▲ 2 | #163 of 258 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #226 of 390 ▲ 53 | #158 of 259 ▲ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #246 of 442 | #203 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #91 of 379 | #76 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #252 of 381 | #184 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #147 of 386 | #142 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #274 of 304 | #186 of 201 |
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
465
+49 (+12%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 502
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 465 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 100% (465) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 100% (456) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 100% (471) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 30 | 13.9:1 | 100% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 75% (371) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 29 | 18.1:1 | 77% (404) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 31 | 16.7:1 | 76% (391) |
| 2000-01 | 502 | 31 | 16.2:1 | 59% (296) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bowler Joseph L Elementary School.
About Bowler Joseph L Elementary School
This page covers Bowler Joseph L Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in Bunkerville, Nevada. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 465 students.
The district, Clark County, operates 375 schools serving 301,622 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Bowler Joseph L Elementary School, with 56% of enrollment. Other groups make up 36% White and 5% multiracial. Clark County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 15.0 students per teacher and 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Bowler Joseph L Elementary School is C+. Compared with Nevada public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 43% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Bowler Joseph L Elementary School is -0.5 points: 32.0% actual, 32.5% predicted.
Clark County census figures show that the median household income is $76,472, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Clark County has 462 public schools and roughly 360,225 students.
Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.4 miles away. Within five miles of Bowler Joseph L Elementary School, there are 2 other public schools. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Bowler Joseph L Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 49 more students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.9:1 to 15.0:1.
Community posts for Bowler Joseph L Elementary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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
- 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
Nearby schools
- Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School3.4 mi · 552
- Virgin Valley Elementary School4.1 mi · 621
- Virgin Valley High School5.5 mi · 765
- Beaver Dam Elementary14.8 mi · 188
- Beaver Dam High School15.1 mi · 136
- Bowler Grant Elementary School21.9 mi · 662
Frequently asked questions
About Bowler Joseph L Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bowler Joseph L Elementary School?
Bowler Joseph L Elementary School enrolls approximately 465 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bowler Joseph L Elementary School serve?
Bowler Joseph L Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bowler Joseph L Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bowler Joseph L Elementary School is approximately 15.0:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bowler Joseph L Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bowler Joseph L Elementary School are roughly 36% White, 56% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Bowler Joseph L Elementary School in?
Bowler Joseph L Elementary School is part of Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.