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Enrollment
601
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000381
Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School
4145 Jimmy Durante, Las Vegas, NV 89122 · (702) 799-8780 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL601 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% 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.
- 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
18.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
601 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 | 57 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
68%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
26.9%
NV avg 45.8% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
21.0%
NV avg 35.6% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.9% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.8% | 17.7% |
% 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
23.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School
Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School's state test result (23.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School this school | 601 | 100.0% | 23.6% |
| Thomas Ruby S Elementary School Las Vegas | 682 | 100.0% | 18.2% |
| Thiriot Joseph E Elementary School Las Vegas | 607 | 100.0% | 33.8% |
| Earl Marion B Elementary School Las Vegas | 522 | 100.0% | 29.1% |
| Bailey Sister Robert Joseph Elementary School Las Vegas | 572 | 100.0% | 33.0% |
| McMillan James B Elementary School Las Vegas | 460 | 100.0% | 29.4% |
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 Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #302 of 367 | #206 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #334 of 388 ▲ 1 | #223 of 258 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #333 of 390 ▼ 45 | #222 of 259 ▼ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 601 | #119 of 442 | #112 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #295 of 379 | #212 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #124 of 381 | #119 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #125 of 386 | #120 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #104 of 304 | #70 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
601
-179 (-23%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 616
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 601 | 32 | 18.8:1 | 100% (601) |
| 2023-24 | 632 | 33 | 19.1:1 | 100% (632) |
| 2022-23 | 692 | 36 | 19.2:1 | 100% (692) |
| 2020-21 | 780 | 46 | 17.0:1 | 100% (780) |
| 2017-18 | 815 | 44 | 18.5:1 | 100% (815) |
| 2015-16 | 815 | 43 | 18.9:1 | 81% (660) |
| 2010-11 | 800 | 45 | 17.8:1 | 75% (601) |
| 2000-01 | 817 | 47 | 17.4:1 | 49% (402) |
| 1990-91 | 616 | 30 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School.
About Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School
Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School is an elementary school in Las Vegas, Nevada, and it is part of Clark County. Its enrollment is 601 students, spread over pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 480 students for elementary schools in Nevada.
Clark County has 301,622 students spread across 375 schools.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School is Hispanic, with 46% of students. Next come 31% Black, 7% multiracial, 7% White, and 6% Asian. The county population is about 32% Hispanic. The diversity index for Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 32 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 18.8:1. It is about the same as the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%.
Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 17% of Nevada public elementary schools.
Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Nevada schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 23.6% and a predicted 32.5%.
The school is in Clark County, where the median household earns about $76,472 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School shares Clark County with 461 other public schools.
The closest school to Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School is Bailey Sister Robert Joseph Elementary School, located about 0.4 miles away. Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 23.6% against a local average of 28.5%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 23%, from 780 to 601. Students per teacher increased from 17.0 in 2020-21 to 18.8 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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- 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
Nearby schools
- Bailey Sister Robert Joseph Elementary School0.4 mi · 572
- Whitney Elementary School1.0 mi · 410
- Ullom J M Elementary School1.1 mi · 623
- Ferron William E Elementary School1.1 mi · 548
- Smith Hal Elementary School1.3 mi · 709
- Cortney Francis H Junior High School1.5 mi · 1,014
Frequently asked questions
About Cunningham Cynthia Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School?
Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School enrolls approximately 601 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School serve?
Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School have?
Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School?
At Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 46% Hispanic, 31% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School public or private?
Cunningham Cynthia 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.