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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Cadwallader Ralph MS administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,519
Middle
DISTRICT 1,058 · STATE 767
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000590
Cadwallader Ralph Middle School
7775 Elkhorn Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89131 · (702) 799-6692 · Clark County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,519 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of Nevada public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
23.4:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,519 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 | 431 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 573 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 515 | 34% |
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Cadwallader Ralph Middle School→Arbor View High School
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
54.7%
NV avg 45.8% . +11.7pp since 2023
Math
43.7%
NV avg 35.6% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.7% | 43.7% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 40.8% |
% 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 Cadwallader Ralph Middle School
Cadwallader Ralph Middle School's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadwallader Ralph Middle School this school | 1,519 | 100.0% | 44.5% |
| Leavitt Justice Myron E Middle School Las Vegas | 1,399 | 100.0% | 36.2% |
| Mannion Jack & Terry Middle School Henderson | 1,463 | 100.0% | 51.2% |
| Lied STEM Academy Middle School Las Vegas | 1,567 | 100.0% | 57.0% |
| Saville Anthony Middle School Las Vegas | 1,477 | 100.0% | 34.4% |
| 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 Cadwallader Ralph Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #22 of 94 | #16 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #17 of 98 ▼ 2 | #14 of 59 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #20 of 98 ▲ 9 | #15 of 59 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,519 | #6 of 113 | #6 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #67 of 94 | #42 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #18 of 94 | #18 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #48 of 95 | #47 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #62 of 68 | #46 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
1,519
+74 (+5%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 1,570
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 28.9:1
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 | 1,519 | 65 | 23.4:1 | 100% (1,519) |
| 2023-24 | 1,522 | 54 | 28.2:1 | 100% (1,522) |
| 2022-23 | 1,396 | 59 | 23.7:1 | 100% (1,394) |
| 2020-21 | 1,445 | 50 | 28.9:1 | 49% (706) |
| 2017-18 | 1,599 | 66 | 24.2:1 | 28% (450) |
| 2015-16 | 1,563 | 61 | 25.6:1 | 34% (529) |
| 2010-11 | 1,570 | 63 | 24.9:1 | 28% (438) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cadwallader Ralph Middle School.
About Cadwallader Ralph Middle School
Cadwallader Ralph Middle School is a large middle school with its address in Las Vegas, Nevada. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 1,519 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in Nevada is about 767, so this school runs 98% bigger than that.
The 375 schools in Clark County enroll 301,622 students altogether, Cadwallader Ralph Middle School among them.
White students are the largest group at Cadwallader Ralph Middle School, with 42% of enrollment. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 12% Black, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 44% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Cadwallader Ralph Middle School comes in at 71%.
At Cadwallader Ralph Middle School, 65 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 23.4:1. For comparison, middle schools in Nevada average 22.4:1. Roughly 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Cadwallader Ralph Middle School is A-. Compared with Nevada public middle schools, the school scored higher than 82% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Nevada, Cadwallader Ralph Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 44.5% actual against a predicted 32.5%.
Within Clark County, median household income is about $76,472, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Clark County number 462 and enroll about 360,225.
Rhodes Betsy Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. Cadwallader Ralph Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 46.2% proficiency; Cadwallader Ralph Middle School posts 44.5%.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,445 in 2020-21 and 1,519 in 2024-25, a 5% gain. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (23.4:1) than in 2020-21 (28.9:1).
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Cadwallader Ralph Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Clark County
- NV Learning Academy J-SHSHigh · 3,352 students
- Desert Oasis High SchoolHigh · 3,300 students
- Sierra Vista High SchoolHigh · 3,255 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 3,203 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 3,147 students
- Arbor View High SchoolHigh · 3,069 students
Other schools in Las Vegas
- NV Learning Academy J-SHSHigh · 3,352 students
- Desert Oasis High SchoolHigh · 3,300 students
- Sierra Vista High SchoolHigh · 3,255 students
- Arbor View High SchoolHigh · 3,069 students
- Desert Pines High SchoolHigh · 3,011 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,961 students
Nearby schools
- Rhodes Betsy Elementary School0.3 mi · 570
- Coral Academy Centennial Hills0.5 mi · 686
- Somerset Academy Sky Pointe0.6 mi · 2,172
- Arbor View High School0.9 mi · 3,069
- Imagine School Mountain View1.0 mi · 695
- Leadership Academy of Nevada1.1 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About Cadwallader Ralph Middle SchoolHow large is Cadwallader Ralph Middle School?
Cadwallader Ralph Middle School enrolls approximately 1,519 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Cadwallader Ralph Middle School serve?
Cadwallader Ralph Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Cadwallader Ralph Middle School have?
Cadwallader Ralph Middle School employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Cadwallader Ralph Middle School?
Student demographics at Cadwallader Ralph Middle School are roughly 42% White, 29% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Cadwallader Ralph Middle School public or private?
Cadwallader Ralph Middle 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.