Dearing Laura ES

Dearing Laura ES is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in Las Vegas, Nevada, operated by Clark County, caters to 600 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 25% larger than typical.

Clark County comprises 375 schools with combined enrollment of 301,622 students; Dearing Laura ES is among them.

In terms of who attends, Dearing Laura ES shows that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 24% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 32% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Dearing Laura ES reports 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dearing Laura 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 17.8%, a residual of -14.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, Clark County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,472, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Dearing Laura ES is one.

Knudson K O Academy of the Arts is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Dearing Laura ES comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 26.0%.

Dearing Laura ES operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 30%: 853 students in 2018 compared to 600 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Dearing Laura ES typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.