Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science

Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science operates as a modestly sized junior high in Henderson, Nevada, part of Clark County. Current enrollment sits at 495 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 35% leaner than the state mean of about 767.

Clark County comprises 375 schools with combined enrollment of 301,622 students; Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science is among them.

On the student-mix side, Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 32% White, 11% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.

On the resource side, On paper, Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.4:1, putting Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 34.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Clark County shows median household income runs about $76,472, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Clark County's 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is McCaw Gordon ES, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science. On composite proficiency, Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 42.1%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science has ticked down 21%, going from 628 students in 2018 to 495 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 43% to 32% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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