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Enrollment
495
Middle
DISTRICT 1,058 · STATE 767
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000738
Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science
355 W Van Wagenen, Henderson, NV 89015 · (702) 799-8080 · Clark County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Nevada public middle schools
- BTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
495 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 | 254 | 51% |
| Grade 7 | 124 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 117 | 24% |
Student demographics
71%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
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
51.0%
NV avg 45.8% . +19.8pp since 2023
Math
28.8%
NV avg 35.6% . +12.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 28.8% |
| 2023-24 | 31.2% | 16.4% |
% 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science
Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science this school | 495 | 100.0% | 34.9% |
| Archie Clayton Pre-A.p. Academy RENO | 667 | 100.0% | 36.5% |
| Brown B Mahlon Junior High School Henderson | 783 | 100.0% | 30.0% |
| Becker Ernest Middle School Las Vegas | 1,075 | 100.0% | 36.2% |
| Schofield Jack Lund Middle School Las Vegas | 988 | 100.0% | 31.6% |
| Greenspun Barbara & Hank Junior High School Henderson | 1,312 | 100.0% | 43.3% |
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 Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #37 of 94 | #25 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #37 of 98 ▲ 22 | #24 of 59 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #27 of 98 ▲ 28 | #20 of 59 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #81 of 113 | #54 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #2 of 94 | #1 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #19 of 94 | #19 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #57 of 95 | #56 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.2% | #23 of 68 | #17 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
495
-110 (-18%) vs 2020
-42% since 2010-11, when it was 849
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 495 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 100% (495) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 25 | 19.9:1 | 100% (498) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 29 | 16.5:1 | 100% (477) |
| 2020-21 | 605 | 28 | 21.6:1 | 100% (605) |
| 2017-18 | 628 | 32 | 19.6:1 | 66% (414) |
| 2015-16 | 746 | 35 | 21.3:1 | 67% (497) |
| 2010-11 | 849 | 34 | 25.0:1 | 57% (480) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science.
About Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science
Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science is a public middle-grades school run by Clark County in Henderson, Nevada. It enrolls 495 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. That is 35% below the average of about 767 students for middle schools in Nevada.
Clark County is made up of 375 schools with 301,622 students in all.
Hispanic students account for 41% of enrollment at Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science, more than any other group. Other groups make up 32% White, 11% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. County-wide, 32% of Clark County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science has a ratio of 15.0:1. Compared with the 22.4:1 average for middle schools in Nevada, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 100%.
Among Nevada public middle schools, Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science outscored 65%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Nevada with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 32.5%. Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science scores 34.9%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Clark County show that median household income comes to about $76,472, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 462, with about 360,225 students.
The closest school to Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science is McCaw Gordon Elementary School, located about 0.7 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 18% decline, from 605 to 495. Its ratio of students to teachers was 21.6:1 in 2020-21, and 15.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- McCaw Gordon Elementary School0.7 mi · 730
- Nevada State High School Downtown Henderson0.7 mi · 100
- Signature Preparatory1.0 mi · 964
- Taylor Robert L Elementary School1.3 mi · 430
- Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Virtual1.3 mi · 147
- Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Cadence1.3 mi · 2,370
Frequently asked questions
About Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental ScienceHow large is Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science?
Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science enrolls approximately 495 students in grades 06-08.
Is Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science an elementary, middle, or high school?
Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science have?
Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
How diverse is Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science?
Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science reports a student body of 32% White, 41% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science in?
Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science is part of Clark County.
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