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What's something Dearing Laura ES does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
600
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000066
Dearing Laura Elementary School
1905 Atlantic St., Las Vegas, NV 89104 · (702) 799-7710 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL600 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Nevada public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
600 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 | 30 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
54%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
19.8%
NV avg 45.8% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
15.9%
NV avg 35.6% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.8% | 15.9% |
| 2023-24 | 20.1% | 15.3% |
% 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
17.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% 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 Dearing Laura Elementary School
Dearing Laura Elementary School's state test result (17.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dearing Laura Elementary School this school | 600 | 100.0% | 17.8% |
| Rundle Richard Elementary School Las Vegas | 598 | 100.0% | 29.1% |
| Bunker Berkeley L Elementary School Las Vegas | 586 | 100.0% | 22.1% |
| Cortez Manuel J Elementary School Las Vegas | 661 | 100.0% | 29.0% |
| Reed Doris M Elementary School Las Vegas | 578 | 100.0% | 24.7% |
| Tate Myrtle Elementary School Las Vegas | 663 | 100.0% | 30.9% |
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 Dearing Laura Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #351 of 367 | #238 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #373 of 388 ▼ 15 | #248 of 258 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #376 of 390 ▼ 14 | #251 of 259 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 600 | #120 of 442 | #113 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #27 of 379 | #22 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #264 of 381 | #187 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #50 of 386 | #45 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.7% | #78 of 304 | #49 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
600
-253 (-30%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 598
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 600 | 44 | 13.6:1 | 100% (600) |
| 2023-24 | 750 | 40 | 18.8:1 | 100% (750) |
| 2022-23 | 837 | 33 | 25.4:1 | 100% (837) |
| 2020-21 | 853 | 37 | 23.1:1 | 100% (853) |
| 2017-18 | 853 | 47 | 18.1:1 | 100% (853) |
| 2015-16 | 800 | 46 | 17.4:1 | 88% (701) |
| 2010-11 | 803 | 46 | 17.5:1 | 88% (710) |
| 2000-01 | 752 | 43 | 17.5:1 | 47% (350) |
| 1990-91 | 598 | 33 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dearing Laura Elementary School.
About Dearing Laura Elementary School
Dearing Laura Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 600 students. That puts enrollment 25% bigger than the 480-student average for elementary schools in Nevada.
Besides Dearing Laura Elementary School, Clark County runs 374 other schools. The district enrolls 301,622 students.
Federal enrollment data show Dearing Laura Elementary School is 63% Hispanic. Other groups include 24% Black, 5% multiracial, and 5% White. The county population is about 32% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
Classroom staffing at Dearing Laura Elementary School totals 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Nevada average 18.1:1. Federal data show 100% of students (600) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Nevada public elementary schools, Dearing Laura Elementary School outscored 4%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Dearing Laura Elementary School are 14.8 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (17.8% actual, 32.5% predicted).
The county, Clark County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $76,472, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 462 public schools and about 360,225 students.
Knudson K O Academy of the Arts, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Dearing Laura Elementary School is 7th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 600, compared with 853 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.6:1) than in 2020-21 (23.1:1).
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Nearby schools
- Knudson K O Academy of the Arts0.3 mi · 1,176
- Valley High School0.9 mi · 2,467
- Crestwood Elementary School0.9 mi · 551
- Innovations Int'l Charter Elementary School0.9 mi · 365
- Martin Roy W Middle School1.1 mi · 1,136
- Sunrise Acres Elementary School1.1 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About Dearing Laura Elementary SchoolHow large is Dearing Laura Elementary School?
Dearing Laura Elementary School enrolls approximately 600 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dearing Laura Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dearing Laura Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Dearing Laura Elementary School have?
Dearing Laura Elementary School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
How diverse is Dearing Laura Elementary School?
Dearing Laura Elementary School reports a student body of 5% White, 63% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Dearing Laura Elementary School public or private?
Dearing Laura Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clark County.
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