Dickens D L Dusty ES

Dickens D L Dusty ES is a K-5 school of roomy scale in N Las Vegas, Nevada, overseen by Clark County, educateing 775 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 61% larger than the typical public school in Nevada, which averages around 480 students.

Clark County runs 375 schools in total, collectively educating 301,622 students. Dickens D L Dusty ES is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Dickens D L Dusty ES records that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 32% Black, 10% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 32% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Dickens D L Dusty ES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,472, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Dickens D L Dusty ES is one.

Tartan John ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dickens D L Dusty ES ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 23.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dickens D L Dusty ES has increased 3%, going from 755 students in 2018 to 775 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 41% to 45%.

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