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Brown B Mahlon JHS
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Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 30% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Brown B Mahlon JHS
As an average-sized middle school in Henderson, Nevada, Brown B Mahlon JHS serves 783 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Clark County.
Within Clark County, which oversees 375 schools and 301,622 students, Brown B Mahlon JHS is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Brown B Mahlon JHS records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% White, 19% Black, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Clark County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.4:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, Brown B Mahlon JHS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 30.0%.
Zooming out to the county, Clark County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,472, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Brown B Mahlon JHS is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).
Sewell C T ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brown B Mahlon JHS ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 26.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Looking at the recent track record. Brown B Mahlon JHS's enrollment has ticked down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 1,059 (now 783). Over the same period, the White share declined from 45% to 32%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Clark County at a glance
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