Deskin Ruthe ES

Set in Las Vegas, Nevada, Deskin Ruthe ES is a mid-tier elementary campus, operated by Clark County. It instructs 491 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Clark County runs 375 schools in total, collectively educating 301,622 students. Deskin Ruthe ES is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Deskin Ruthe ES lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 19% Black, 18% White, 11% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting Deskin Ruthe ES tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Deskin Ruthe ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Deskin Ruthe 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 32.9%, a residual of +0.4 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate 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. Deskin Ruthe ES is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).

Nearest neighbor: Leavitt Justice Myron E MS, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Deskin Ruthe ES at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 32.0%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 24%: 645 students in 2018 compared to 491 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 33% to 18% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Deskin Ruthe ES community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.