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Enrollment
630
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000526
Carl Kay Elementary School
5625 Corbett St, Las Vegas, NV 89130 · (702) 799-6650 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL630 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Nevada public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
630 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 85%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 61 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 42% smaller than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
75%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
Carl Kay Elementary School→Saville Anthony Middle 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
50.1%
NV avg 45.8% . +8.2pp since 2023
Math
47.3%
NV avg 35.6% . +12.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.1% | 47.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.9% | 34.4% |
% 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
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 Carl Kay Elementary School
Carl Kay Elementary School's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Kay Elementary School this school | 630 | 100.0% | 33.6% |
| Garehime Edith Elementary School Las Vegas | 597 | 100.0% | 28.6% |
| Darnell Marshall C Elementary School Las Vegas | 632 | 100.0% | 42.0% |
| Goynes Theron H & Naomi D Elementary School N Las Vegas | 675 | 100.0% | 41.0% |
| Thompson Sandra L Elementary School Las Vegas | 628 | 100.0% | 37.5% |
| Sewell C T Elementary School Henderson | 570 | 100.0% | 26.5% |
Matched among Nevada elementary 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 Carl Kay Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #193 of 367 | #132 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #122 of 388 ▲ 60 | #85 of 258 ▲ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #146 of 390 ▲ 23 | #106 of 259 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 630 | #99 of 442 | #93 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #109 of 379 | #90 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.3% | #39 of 381 | #39 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #168 of 386 | #163 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.6% | #173 of 304 | #118 of 201 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
630
-86 (-12%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 848
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 630 | 41 | 15.4:1 | 100% (630) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 44 | 15.6:1 | 100% (687) |
| 2022-23 | 715 | 45 | 15.9:1 | 100% (714) |
| 2020-21 | 716 | 41 | 17.5:1 | 100% (716) |
| 2017-18 | 784 | 49 | 16.0:1 | 100% (784) |
| 2015-16 | 715 | 43 | 16.6:1 | 56% (403) |
| 2010-11 | 848 | 43 | 19.7:1 | 42% (359) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carl Kay Elementary School.
About Carl Kay Elementary School
Carl Kay Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Las Vegas, Nevada. Enrollment is 630 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Nevada is about 480 students, so this school is 31% above average.
Clark County has 301,622 students in 375 schools, and Carl Kay Elementary School is one of those schools.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Carl Kay Elementary School, with 34% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 26% White, 21% Black, 13% multiracial, and 4% Asian. County-wide, about 32% of residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Carl Kay Elementary School comes in at 75%.
Staffing totals 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4:1. That ratio is under the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Carl Kay Elementary School is 100%.
Measured against Nevada public elementary schools, Carl Kay Elementary School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Carl Kay Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.6%, compared with a predicted 32.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Nevada schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Clark County show that 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.
Nearby, Lied STEM Academy Middle School is about 0.4 miles away. Carl Kay Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Carl Kay Elementary School at 5th of 8.
Carl Kay Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Carl Kay Elementary School had 716 students in 2020-21 and 630 in 2024-25, a 12% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.5:1 to 15.4:1.
Discussions about Carl Kay Elementary School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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
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- 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
- Lied STEM Academy Middle School0.4 mi · 1,567
- May Ernest Elementary School1.0 mi · 580
- Neal Joseph M Elementary School1.2 mi · 458
- Somerset Academy Aliante1.4 mi · 1,182
- Triggs Vincent L Elementary School1.5 mi · 798
- Legacy Traditional School North Valley1.6 mi · 1,305
Frequently asked questions
About Carl Kay Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Carl Kay Elementary School?
Carl Kay Elementary School enrolls approximately 630 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Carl Kay Elementary School serve?
Carl Kay Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Carl Kay Elementary School have?
Carl Kay Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carl Kay Elementary School?
At Carl Kay Elementary School, the student body is approximately 26% White, 34% Hispanic, 21% Black, 4% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Carl Kay Elementary School public or private?
Carl Kay Elementary 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.