Democracy Prep at Agassi Elementary

Democracy Prep at Agassi Elementary is a primary school of mid-sized scale in Las Vegas, Nevada, run under State Sponsored Charter Schools, enrolling 529 students in grades K through 5.

State Sponsored Charter Schools comprises 83 schools with combined enrollment of 64,162 students; Democracy Prep at Agassi Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Democracy Prep at Agassi Elementary reports that Black students make up the majority at 78%; the rest is composed of 19% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 12% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Democracy Prep at Agassi Elementary logs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 75.6:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Democracy Prep at Agassi Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Democracy Prep at Agassi Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 25.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate median household income runs about $76,472, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Democracy Prep at Agassi Elementary is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).

Nearest neighbor: Democracy Prep at Agassi High, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Democracy Prep at Agassi Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 26.3%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. As a public charter, Democracy Prep at Agassi Elementary runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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