Cannon Helen C JHS

Cannon Helen C JHS, a mid-tier 6-8 campus in Las Vegas, Nevada, operated by Clark County, teaches 730 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Cannon Helen C JHS is one of 375 schools operated by Clark County, a district that hosts 301,622 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cannon Helen C JHS logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school logs 14% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 32% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.4:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Cannon Helen C JHS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Cannon Helen C JHS sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 32.5%; actual is 15.4%, a gap of -17.1 points.

In the broader community, census data for Clark County shows median household income runs about $76,472, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Cannon Helen C JHS is one.

The closest other public school is Del Sol Academy of Performing Arts HS, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cannon Helen C JHS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cannon Helen C JHS at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.2%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cannon Helen C JHS's enrollment has fell 24% since 2018, when it stood at 955 (now 730). White enrollment moved from 12% to 8% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.