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Enrollment
1,540
Middle
DISTRICT 1,058 · STATE 767
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000591
Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School
7808 S Torrey Pines Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89139 · (702) 799-1340 · Clark County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,540 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% 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.
- 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
23.9:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,540 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 | 495 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 529 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 516 | 34% |
Student demographics
80%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
52.4%
NV avg 45.8% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
35.7%
NV avg 35.6% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 down about 2 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.4% | 35.7% |
| 2023-24 | 46.3% | 37.2% |
% 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
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School
Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School this school | 1,540 | 100.0% | 43.0% |
| Tarkanian Lois & Jerry Middle School Las Vegas | 1,313 | 100.0% | 47.9% |
| Hyde Park Middle School Las Vegas | 1,371 | 100.0% | 50.1% |
| Gunderson Barry and June Middle School Las Vegas | 1,517 | 100.0% | 53.7% |
| Fertitta Victoria Middle School Las Vegas | 1,172 | 100.0% | 44.8% |
| Webb Del E Middle School Henderson | 1,684 | 100.0% | 54.6% |
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 Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #25 of 94 | #18 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #25 of 98 ▼ 3 | #16 of 59 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #21 of 98 ▲ 4 | #16 of 59 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,540 | #4 of 113 | #4 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #70 of 94 | #44 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 79.6% | #1 of 94 | #1 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #49 of 95 | #48 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #28 of 68 | #20 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
1,540
-54 (-3%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 1,612
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 28.5:1
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 | 1,540 | 64.5 | 23.9:1 | 100% (1,540) |
| 2023-24 | 1,529 | 58.5 | 26.1:1 | 100% (1,529) |
| 2022-23 | 1,500 | 59 | 25.4:1 | 100% (1,500) |
| 2020-21 | 1,594 | 56 | 28.5:1 | 100% (1,594) |
| 2017-18 | 1,868 | 71.5 | 26.1:1 | 47% (878) |
| 2015-16 | 1,819 | 67 | 27.1:1 | 51% (928) |
| 2010-11 | 1,612 | 62 | 26.0:1 | 39% (632) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School.
About Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School
Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school located in Las Vegas, Nevada. Enrollment totals 1,540 students across grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Nevada, the average enrollment is about 767.
Clark County has 375 schools; together they serve 301,622 students.
No group is above 50% at Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School; the largest is Hispanic, at 27%. The school is also 22% Asian, 19% Black, 18% White, and 11% multiracial. The diversity index for Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School is 80%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School comes to 64.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 23.9:1. Compared with the 22.4:1 average for middle schools in Nevada, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Nevada public middle schools, Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School would be expected to post about 32.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 43.0%.
For Clark County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $76,472 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School, Clark County has 462 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Alamo Tony Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School is 4th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 1,594 students in 2020-21 to 1,540 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 28.5:1 to 23.9:1.
Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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
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
- Alamo Tony Elementary School0.5 mi · 898
- Steele Judith D Elementary School0.8 mi · 788
- Southwest Career & Technical Academy High School1.0 mi · 1,600
- Fine Mark L Elementary School1.1 mi · 723
- Legacy Traditional School Southwest Las Vegas1.2 mi · 1,534
- Doral Academy West Pebble1.4 mi · 990
Frequently asked questions
About Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle SchoolHow many students attend Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School?
Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School enrolls approximately 1,540 students in grades 06-08.
Is Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School have?
Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School?
Student demographics at Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School are roughly 18% White, 27% Hispanic, 19% Black, 22% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School in?
Canarelli Lawrence & Heidi Middle School is part of Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.