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Cashman James MS
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Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 23% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Cashman James MS
Cashman James MS, a moderately sized middle school in Las Vegas, Nevada, overseen by Clark County, instructs 1,043 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Nevada's public schools average about 767 students each, so Cashman James MS sits 36% larger than that benchmark.
Clark County comprises 375 schools with combined enrollment of 301,622 students; Cashman James MS is among them.
Looking at the student body, Cashman James MS shows that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 16% Black, 6% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.4:1, putting Cashman James MS tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cashman James MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 23.1%.
In the area at large, Clark County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Clark County's 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), Cashman James MS is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Clark Ed W HS, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cashman James MS at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 22.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cashman James MS has fell 33%, going from 1,557 students in 2018 to 1,043 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 11% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.
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