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Enrollment
783
Middle
DISTRICT 1,058 · STATE 767
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000301
Brown B Mahlon Junior High School
307 Cannes St, Henderson, NV 89015 · (702) 799-8900 · Clark County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL783 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Nevada public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
783 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 85%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 259 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 267 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 257 | 33% |
Student demographics
73%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
Feeds from
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
40.2%
NV avg 45.8% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
20.1%
NV avg 35.6% . +1.3pp since 2023
What 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.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.2% | 20.1% |
| 2023-24 | 34.5% | 18.8% |
% 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
30.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 Brown B Mahlon Junior High School
Brown B Mahlon Junior High School's state test result (30.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown B Mahlon Junior High School this school | 783 | 100.0% | 30.0% |
| Becker Ernest Middle School Las Vegas | 1,075 | 100.0% | 36.2% |
| Escobedo Edmundo Eddie Sr Middle School Las Vegas | 918 | 100.0% | 31.0% |
| Saville Anthony Middle School Las Vegas | 1,477 | 100.0% | 34.4% |
| Leavitt Justice Myron E Middle School Las Vegas | 1,399 | 100.0% | 36.2% |
| Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science Henderson | 495 | 100.0% | 34.9% |
Matched among Nevada middle 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 Brown B Mahlon Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #45 of 94 | #31 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #57 of 98 ▼ 2 | #33 of 59 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #46 of 98 ▲ 1 | #33 of 59 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 783 | #60 of 113 | #48 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #3 of 94 | #2 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #12 of 94 | #12 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #26 of 95 | #25 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.1% | #14 of 68 | #9 of 50 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
783
-235 (-23%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 813
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 783 | 51 | 15.3:1 | 100% (783) |
| 2023-24 | 779 | 40 | 19.5:1 | 100% (779) |
| 2022-23 | 804 | 46 | 17.5:1 | 100% (804) |
| 2020-21 | 1,018 | 44 | 23.1:1 | 100% (1,018) |
| 2017-18 | 1,059 | 53 | 20.0:1 | 100% (1,059) |
| 2015-16 | 1,046 | 46 | 22.7:1 | 63% (660) |
| 2010-11 | 850 | 41 | 20.7:1 | 54% (461) |
| 2000-01 | 1,303 | 56 | 23.3:1 | 36% (465) |
| 1990-91 | 813 | 42 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brown B Mahlon Junior High School.
About Brown B Mahlon Junior High School
A medium-sized middle school in Henderson, Nevada, Brown B Mahlon Junior High School is part of Clark County. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 783 students.
Within Clark County, Brown B Mahlon Junior High School is one of 375 schools. The district enrolls 301,622 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Brown B Mahlon Junior High School, at 34%. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% White, 19% Black, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is close to the 32% Hispanic share among all Clark County residents. Brown B Mahlon Junior High School's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.3:1, with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 22.4:1 average for middle schools in Nevada. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Brown B Mahlon Junior High School is 100%.
allk12 grades Brown B Mahlon Junior High School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Nevada public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Brown B Mahlon Junior High School would score about 32.5%. It scores 30.0%, 2.5 points below that figure.
County data help place the school in context: in Clark County, the median household income is $76,472, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Clark County is home to 462 public schools and about 360,225 public school students.
The nearest public school is Sewell C T Elementary School, at about 0.8 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Brown B Mahlon Junior High School comes in 2nd of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Brown B Mahlon Junior High School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment at Brown B Mahlon Junior High School dropped 23% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,018 to 783 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.3:1) than in 2020-21 (23.1:1).
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
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Nearby schools
- Sewell C T Elementary School0.8 mi · 570
- Legacy Traditional School Cadence0.9 mi · 1,270
- Basic Academy of Int'l Studies High School1.3 mi · 2,395
- Taylor Robert L Elementary School1.4 mi · 430
- Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Virtual1.5 mi · 147
- Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Cadence1.5 mi · 2,370
Frequently asked questions
About Brown B Mahlon Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Brown B Mahlon Junior High School?
Brown B Mahlon Junior High School enrolls approximately 783 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Brown B Mahlon Junior High School serve?
Brown B Mahlon Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Brown B Mahlon Junior High School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Brown B Mahlon Junior High School.
How diverse is Brown B Mahlon Junior High School?
Brown B Mahlon Junior High School reports a student body of 32% White, 34% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Brown B Mahlon Junior High School public or private?
Brown B Mahlon Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.