Christensen M J ES

Christensen M J ES operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in Las Vegas, Nevada, overseen by Clark County. Current enrollment sits at 487 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 375 schools in Clark County (301,622 students total), Christensen M J ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Christensen M J ES reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 22% White, 21% Black, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.

On the resource side, Christensen M J ES logs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting Christensen M J ES 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.

After controlling for student poverty, Christensen M J ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 42.1%, a residual of +9.6 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Clark County) shows 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%. Christensen M J ES is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).

Bendorf Patricia An ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Christensen M J ES comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.3%.

Christensen M J ES operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Christensen M J ES has decreased 16%, going from 579 students in 2018 to 487 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 37% to 22% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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