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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000023
Crestwood Elementary School
1300 Pauline Way, Las Vegas, NV 89104 · (702) 799-7890 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Nevada public elementary schools
- C+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
17.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
551 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 | 51 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
27%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
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
38.5%
NV avg 45.8% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
34.8%
NV avg 35.6% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.5% | 34.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 27.5% |
% 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
33.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 Crestwood Elementary School
Crestwood Elementary School's state test result (33.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestwood Elementary School this school | 551 | 100.0% | 33.2% |
| Jeffers Jay W Elementary School Las Vegas | 504 | 100.0% | 19.8% |
| Edwards Elbert Elementary School Las Vegas | 535 | 100.0% | 26.7% |
| Twin Lakes Elementary School Las Vegas | 523 | 100.0% | 29.0% |
| Herron Fay Elementary School N Las Vegas | 575 | 100.0% | 33.5% |
| Stanford Elementary School Las Vegas | 483 | 100.0% | 32.8% |
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 Crestwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #196 of 367 | #135 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #207 of 388 ▲ 33 | #140 of 258 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #229 of 390 ▲ 31 | #160 of 259 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #157 of 442 | #143 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #220 of 379 | #165 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.2% | #371 of 381 | #255 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #25 of 386 | #20 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #181 of 304 | #126 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
551
-128 (-19%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 554
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 551 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 100% (551) |
| 2023-24 | 559 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 100% (559) |
| 2022-23 | 615 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 100% (615) |
| 2020-21 | 679 | 37 | 18.4:1 | 100% (679) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 40 | 16.8:1 | 81% (543) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 38 | 17.4:1 | 90% (593) |
| 2010-11 | 703 | 39 | 18.0:1 | 86% (603) |
| 2000-01 | 904 | 50 | 18.1:1 | 47% (421) |
| 1990-91 | 554 | 32 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crestwood Elementary School.
About Crestwood Elementary School
Crestwood Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Clark County, located in Las Vegas, Nevada. It has an enrollment of 551 students in pre-K through 5.
Crestwood Elementary School is one of the 375 schools that make up Clark County (301,622 students in total).
Roughly 85% of students at Crestwood Elementary School are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 5% Black, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Clark County, the Hispanic share is about 32%. The diversity index for Crestwood Elementary School is 27%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Crestwood Elementary School reported 32 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.2:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Nevada is 18.1:1. There are 551 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 100% of enrollment.
Among Nevada public elementary schools, Crestwood Elementary School outscored 47%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Crestwood Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (33.2%) and its predicted rate (32.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Nevada schools.
In the surrounding county, Clark County, median household income comes to about $76,472, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 462 public schools and about 360,225 students.
Crestwood Elementary School's nearest public school is Innovations Int'l Charter Elementary School (about 0.2 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 26.1%; Crestwood Elementary School's is 33.2%, ranking 1st of 6.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 679 (2020-21) to 551 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 18.4:1 to 17.2:1.
The discussion board for Crestwood Elementary School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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
Related schools
Other schools in Clark County
- NV Learning Academy J-SHSHigh · 3,352 students
- Desert Oasis High SchoolHigh · 3,300 students
- Sierra Vista High SchoolHigh · 3,255 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 3,203 students
- 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
Other Crestwood Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 13 states are named Crestwood Elementary. Crestwood Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 15.
- CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 731 students
- Crestwood ElementaryRichmond, VA · 635 students
- Crestwood ElementaryVisalia, CA · 594 students
- Crestwood ElementarySpringfield, VA · 582 students
- Crestwood Elementary SchoolCrestwood, KY · 538 students
Nearby schools
- Innovations Int'l Charter Elementary School0.2 mi · 365
- Global Community High School0.5 mi · 188
- Central Technical Training Academy0.5 mi · 92
- Hollingsworth Howard Elementary School0.7 mi · 517
- Park John S Elementary School0.8 mi · 551
- Fremont John C Professional Dev Middle School0.9 mi · 651
Frequently asked questions
About Crestwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Crestwood Elementary School?
Crestwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 551 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Crestwood Elementary School serve?
Crestwood Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Crestwood Elementary School?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Crestwood Elementary School.
How diverse is Crestwood Elementary School?
Crestwood Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 85% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Crestwood Elementary School public or private?
Crestwood 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.