Democracy Prep at Agassi Middle

Democracy Prep at Agassi Middle is one of the cozy 6-8 campuss in Las Vegas, Nevada, operated by State Sponsored Charter Schools, with 362 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Nevada's public schools average about 767 students each, so Democracy Prep at Agassi Middle sits 53% smaller than that benchmark.

Within State Sponsored Charter Schools, which oversees 83 schools and 64,162 students, Democracy Prep at Agassi Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Democracy Prep at Agassi Middle reports that the largest single group is Black, at 76% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 22% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 40.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Democracy Prep at Agassi Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Democracy Prep at Agassi Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Clark County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clark County's 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), Democracy Prep at Agassi Middle is one campus in the mix.

Democracy Prep at Agassi High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Democracy Prep at Agassi Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Democracy Prep at Agassi Middle at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 26.5%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. Democracy Prep at Agassi Middle is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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