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Enrollment
661
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000471
Cortez Manuel J Elementary School
4245 E Tonopah Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89115 · (702) 799-2180 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL661 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Nevada public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
14.1:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
661 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 | 73 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
49%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
Cortez Manuel J Elementary School→Monaco Mario C & JoAnne 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
31.9%
NV avg 45.8% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
29.8%
NV avg 35.6% . +3.0pp since 2023
What 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 30 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.9% | 29.8% |
| 2023-24 | 27.5% | 26.8% |
% 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
29.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% 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 Cortez Manuel J Elementary School
Cortez Manuel J Elementary School's state test result (29.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cortez Manuel J Elementary School this school | 661 | 100.0% | 29.0% |
| Dearing Laura Elementary School Las Vegas | 600 | 100.0% | 17.8% |
| Rundle Richard Elementary School Las Vegas | 598 | 100.0% | 29.1% |
| Tate Myrtle Elementary School Las Vegas | 663 | 100.0% | 30.9% |
| Bunker Berkeley L Elementary School Las Vegas | 586 | 100.0% | 22.1% |
| Priest Richard C Elementary School N Las Vegas | 702 | 100.0% | 35.0% |
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 Cortez Manuel J Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #246 of 367 | #173 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #253 of 388 ▼ 3 | #173 of 258 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #291 of 390 ▲ 14 | #196 of 259 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 661 | #82 of 442 | #79 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #42 of 379 | #36 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #288 of 381 | #201 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #153 of 386 | #148 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #219 of 304 | #152 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
661
-39 (-6%) vs 2020
-30% since 2000-01, when it was 941
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 661 | 47 | 14.1:1 | 100% (661) |
| 2023-24 | 613 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 100% (613) |
| 2022-23 | 699 | 36 | 19.4:1 | 100% (699) |
| 2020-21 | 700 | 36 | 19.4:1 | 100% (700) |
| 2017-18 | 767 | 51 | 15.0:1 | 100% (767) |
| 2015-16 | 840 | 53 | 15.8:1 | 92% (773) |
| 2010-11 | 735 | 42 | 17.5:1 | 91% (670) |
| 2000-01 | 941 | 56 | 16.8:1 | 77% (724) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cortez Manuel J Elementary School.
About Cortez Manuel J Elementary School
Cortez Manuel J Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 661 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Nevada enroll around 480, and this school is 38% larger than that mark.
Clark County is the district for Cortez Manuel J Elementary School. It has 375 schools and 301,622 students.
More than half of enrollment at Cortez Manuel J Elementary School is Hispanic: 67%. Enrollment also includes 25% Black, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 35 points above the 32% share among Clark County residents. The diversity index for Cortez Manuel J Elementary School is 49%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, Cortez Manuel J Elementary School has a ratio of 14.1:1. The gap from the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada is 4.0 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 100%.
On the allk12 Grade, Cortez Manuel J Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 33% of Nevada public elementary schools.
Cortez Manuel J Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 29.0% is 3.5 points below the 32.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in Clark County, where median household income comes to about $76,472, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Clark County's 462 public schools enroll about 360,225 students and include Cortez Manuel J Elementary School.
Heard Lomie G Elementary School sits about 0.2 miles from Cortez Manuel J Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Cortez Manuel J Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Cortez Manuel J Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 700 to 661, a 6% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 19.4:1 in 2020-21 to 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
Cortez Manuel J Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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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Nearby schools
- Heard Lomie G Elementary School0.2 mi · 603
- Diaz Ruben P Elementary School0.3 mi · 567
- Earl Ira J Elementary School0.6 mi · 586
- Futuro Academy Elementary0.7 mi · 473
- Lynch Ann Elementary School0.8 mi · 446
- Miller Sandy Searles Elementary School0.8 mi · 589
Frequently asked questions
About Cortez Manuel J Elementary SchoolHow large is Cortez Manuel J Elementary School?
Cortez Manuel J Elementary School enrolls approximately 661 students in grades PK-05.
Is Cortez Manuel J Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cortez Manuel J Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Cortez Manuel J Elementary School have?
Cortez Manuel J Elementary School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Cortez Manuel J Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cortez Manuel J Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 67% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Cortez Manuel J Elementary School in?
Cortez Manuel J Elementary School is part of Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.