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How has Coral Academy Nellis AFB changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
902
Elementary
DISTRICT 696 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STATE SPONSORED CHARTER SCHOOLS·NCES 320000100907
Coral Academy Nellis AFB
107 Stafford, Las Vegas, NV 89115 · (702) 643-5121 · Clark County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL902 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% 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.
- CBeats 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
28.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 34.0:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
316 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 35 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 27% larger than its 8th grade class (81).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
52.8%
NV avg 45.8% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
39.3%
NV avg 35.6% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.8% | 39.3% |
| 2023-24 | 54.1% | 39.3% |
% 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
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Coral Academy Nellis AFB
Coral Academy Nellis AFB's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coral Academy Nellis AFB this school | 902 | 35.0% | 41.7% |
| Coral Academy Centennial Hills Las Vegas | 686 | 27.7% | 62.4% |
| Bud Beasley Elementary SPARKS | 571 | 31.2% | 48.8% |
| John Bohach Elementary School SPARKS | 686 | 26.4% | 51.0% |
| High Desert Montessori RENO | 529 | 25.5% | 26.8% |
| Al Seeliger Elementary Carson City | 527 | 45.5% | 37.6% |
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 Coral Academy Nellis AFB ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #112 of 367 | #75 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #172 of 388 ▼ 28 | #119 of 258 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #124 of 390 ▼ 28 | #88 of 259 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 902 | #24 of 442 | #22 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 28.2:1 | #354 of 379 | #240 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.5% | #48 of 381 | #48 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.0% | #341 of 386 | #251 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.9% | #7 of 46 | #5 of 38 |
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
902
+26 (+3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
28.2:1
was 28.3:1
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 | 902 | 32 | 28.2:1 | 35% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 895 | 33 | 27.1:1 | 38% (338) |
| 2022-23 | 905 | 33 | 27.4:1 | 28% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 876 | 31 | 28.3:1 | 17% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 722 | 20 | 36.1:1 | 30% (215) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coral Academy Nellis AFB.
About Coral Academy Nellis AFB
Coral Academy Nellis AFB is a public elementary school in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school runs pre-K through 8 and enrolls 902 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Nevada enroll about 480 students on average.
State Sponsored Charter Schools (83 schools, 64,162 students) runs Coral Academy Nellis AFB.
About 34% of students at Coral Academy Nellis AFB are White, the largest single group. It is also 30% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 14% Black, and 3% Asian. Clark County's residents are about 44% White, 9 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 32 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 28.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Nevada, 18.1:1, is lower. Roughly 35% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 93% average for public schools in Clark County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Coral Academy Nellis AFB lands at B-, ahead of 53% of Nevada public elementary schools.
Schools in Nevada with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 47.1%. Coral Academy Nellis AFB scores 41.7%.
The school's county is Clark County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $76,472 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Coral Academy Nellis AFB shares Clark County with 461 other public schools.
Manch J E Elementary School sits about 0.6 miles from Coral Academy Nellis AFB. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Coral Academy Nellis AFB is 1st among 7 schools close by.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large. As a charter school, Coral Academy Nellis AFB is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 902, up from 876 in 2020-21.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Coral Academy Nellis AFBHow many students attend Coral Academy Nellis AFB?
Coral Academy Nellis AFB enrolls approximately 902 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Coral Academy Nellis AFB serve?
Coral Academy Nellis AFB serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Coral Academy Nellis AFB?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Coral Academy Nellis AFB is approximately 28.2:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Coral Academy Nellis AFB?
At Coral Academy Nellis AFB, the student body is approximately 34% White, 30% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Coral Academy Nellis AFB public or private?
Coral Academy Nellis AFB is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by State Sponsored Charter Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.