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Enrollment
730
Middle
DISTRICT 1,058 · STATE 767
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000042
Cannon Helen C Junior High School
5850 Euclid Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89120 · (702) 799-5600 · Clark County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL730 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Nevada public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
19.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
730 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 | 236 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 264 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 230 | 32% |
Student demographics
48%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
Cannon Helen C Junior High School→Del Sol Academy of Performing Arts High School
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
25.2%
NV avg 45.8% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
10.1%
NV avg 35.6% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.2% | 10.1% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 7.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NV schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Cannon Helen C Junior High School
Cannon Helen C Junior High School's state test result (15.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannon Helen C Junior High School this school | 730 | 100.0% | 15.4% |
| Woodbury C W Middle School Las Vegas | 767 | 100.0% | 15.6% |
| Mack Jerome Middle School Las Vegas | 947 | 100.0% | 15.1% |
| Fremont John C Professional Dev Middle School Las Vegas | 651 | 100.0% | 29.8% |
| Knudson K O Academy of the Arts Las Vegas | 1,176 | 100.0% | 28.3% |
| Garside Frank F Junior High School Las Vegas | 1,017 | 100.0% | 17.3% |
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 Cannon Helen C Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #84 of 94 | #51 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #83 of 98 ▲ 5 | #49 of 59 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #81 of 98 ▲ 1 | #49 of 59 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 730 | #63 of 113 | #50 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #23 of 94 | #14 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.1% | #70 of 94 | #43 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #8 of 95 | #7 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #19 of 68 | #13 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
730
-210 (-22%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 1,915
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 24.7:1
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 | 730 | 38 | 19.2:1 | 100% (730) |
| 2023-24 | 782 | 31 | 25.2:1 | 100% (782) |
| 2022-23 | 746 | 37 | 20.2:1 | 100% (746) |
| 2020-21 | 940 | 38 | 24.7:1 | 100% (940) |
| 2017-18 | 955 | 46 | 20.8:1 | 80% (761) |
| 2015-16 | 887 | 38 | 23.3:1 | 85% (754) |
| 2010-11 | 917 | 40 | 22.9:1 | 73% (673) |
| 2000-01 | 1,098 | 48 | 22.9:1 | 28% (311) |
| 1990-91 | 1,915 | 84 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cannon Helen C Junior High School.
About Cannon Helen C Junior High School
Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, Cannon Helen C Junior High School is a medium-sized middle-grades school. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 730 students.
Clark County is the local district for Cannon Helen C Junior High School. It runs 375 schools with 301,622 students.
By race and ethnicity, Cannon Helen C Junior High School is 70% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 14% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 32% Hispanic among all Clark County residents. Cannon Helen C Junior High School has a diversity index of 48%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Cannon Helen C Junior High School is 38 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 19.2:1. Among middle schools in Nevada, the typical ratio is 22.4:1. The school counts 730 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 100%.
Cannon Helen C Junior High School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 10% of Nevada public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After accounting for student poverty, Cannon Helen C Junior High School is in the bottom 10% of Nevada schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 15.4% is 17.1 points below the 32.5% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Clark County, median household income is about $76,472, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 462 public schools operate in Clark County, serving about 360,225 students.
Del Sol Academy of Performing Arts High School is the public school closest to Cannon Helen C Junior High School, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 34.2%; Cannon Helen C Junior High School's is 15.4%, ranking 8th of 8.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
The 2024-25 enrollment of 730 was 22% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 940. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 19.2:1, from 24.7:1.
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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
- Del Sol Academy of Performing Arts High School0.5 mi · 2,527
- French Doris Elementary School0.9 mi · 459
- Dailey Jack Elementary School1.0 mi · 506
- Ward Gene Elementary School1.1 mi · 599
- Tomiyasu Bill Y Elementary School1.6 mi · 412
- Discovery Charter School Sandhill1.8 mi · 117
Frequently asked questions
About Cannon Helen C Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Cannon Helen C Junior High School?
Cannon Helen C Junior High School enrolls approximately 730 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Cannon Helen C Junior High School serve?
Cannon Helen C Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cannon Helen C Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cannon Helen C Junior High School is approximately 19.2:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cannon Helen C Junior High School?
At Cannon Helen C Junior High School, the student body is approximately 8% White, 70% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Cannon Helen C Junior High School public or private?
Cannon Helen C Junior High 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.