Cahlan Marion ES

Cahlan Marion ES is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in N Las Vegas, Nevada, run under Clark County, teacheing 479 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Clark County comprises 375 schools with combined enrollment of 301,622 students; Cahlan Marion ES is among them.

On demographics, Cahlan Marion ES reports that 80% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 11% Black, 5% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting Cahlan Marion ES tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Cahlan Marion ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cahlan Marion ES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.2%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,472, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Cahlan Marion ES is one.

Bridger Jim MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cahlan Marion ES. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cahlan Marion ES ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 28.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Cahlan Marion ES's enrollment has declined 45% since 2018, when it stood at 867 (now 479). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.