Bracken Walter ES

Bracken Walter ES is an average-sized primary school in Las Vegas, Nevada, operated by Clark County. The school teaches 482 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, Bracken Walter ES logs that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 15% Black, 11% White, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Bracken Walter ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bracken Walter 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 46.0%, a residual of +13.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Clark County put median household income runs about $76,472, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bracken Walter ES is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).

The closest other public school is Cambeiro Arturo ES, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bracken Walter ES ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 20.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Bracken Walter ES's enrollment has ticked down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 510 (now 482).

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