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Best kept secret at Discovery Charter School HillPointe?
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Enrollment
407
Elementary
DISTRICT 696 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STATE SPONSORED CHARTER SCHOOLS·NCES 320000100818
Discovery Charter School HillPointe
8941 Hillpointe Road, Las Vegas, NV 89134 · (702) 240-0359 · Clark County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Nevada public elementary schools
- BTest 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
29.1:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 34.0:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
81 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 32 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 27% smaller than its 8th grade class (44).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
46.1%
NV avg 45.8% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
37.8%
NV avg 35.6% . -4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.1% | 37.8% |
| 2023-24 | 47.5% | 42.7% |
% 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
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Discovery Charter School HillPointe
Discovery Charter School HillPointe's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery Charter School HillPointe this school | 407 | 19.9% | 39.4% |
| Mount Rose K-8 Academy of Languages RENO | 420 | 24.3% | 72.5% |
| High Desert Montessori RENO | 529 | 25.5% | 26.8% |
| Marvin Moss Elementary SPARKS | 308 | 34.7% | 45.5% |
| Mountain View Elementary School Elko | 507 | 21.7% | 41.4% |
| Coral Academy Elementary-Northwest Reno | 232 | 29.7% | 65.9% |
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 Discovery Charter School HillPointe ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #127 of 367 | #86 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #180 of 388 ▼ 51 | #124 of 258 ▼ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #172 of 390 ▼ 39 | #123 of 259 ▼ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #295 of 442 | #230 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 29.1:1 | #356 of 379 | #242 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #108 of 381 | #106 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.9% | #369 of 386 | #258 of 260 |
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
407
+68 (+20%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
29.1:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 407 | 14 | 29.1:1 | 20% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 17 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 16 | 25.3:1 | 20% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 339 | 16 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 431 | 21 | 20.5:1 | 9% (39) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Discovery Charter School HillPointe.
About Discovery Charter School HillPointe
Las Vegas, Nevada, is home to Discovery Charter School HillPointe, a small elementary school. A federal count lists 407 students at the school, in kindergarten through 8.
Discovery Charter School HillPointe is one of 83 schools in State Sponsored Charter Schools, which enrolls 64,162 students in total.
Discovery Charter School HillPointe's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 43%. It is also 33% White, 11% multiracial, 9% Black, and 4% Asian. Clark County's residents are about 32% Hispanic, 11 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, Discovery Charter School HillPointe comes in at 69%.
The teaching staff at Discovery Charter School HillPointe is 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 29.1:1. That ratio is over the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 20%. On average, public schools in Clark County report 93%.
Measured against Nevada public elementary schools, Discovery Charter School HillPointe receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Discovery Charter School HillPointe is 11.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (39.4% versus 50.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Nevada.
Clark County has about 2,329,548 residents, and median household income is about $76,472, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 462 public schools in Clark County, with a combined enrollment of about 360,225.
Nearby, Lummis William Elementary School is about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 41.9%; Discovery Charter School HillPointe's is 39.4%, ranking 3rd of 7.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large. Discovery Charter School HillPointe operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
The student count in 2024-25 was 407, 20% above the 339 of 2020-21. Students per teacher rose from 21.2 in 2020-21 to 29.1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,961 students
Nearby schools
- Lummis William Elementary School0.1 mi · 503
- Becker Ernest Middle School0.3 mi · 1,075
- Bryan Richard H Elementary School1.3 mi · 465
- Doral Academy Fire Mesa2.0 mi · 993
- Cimarron-Memorial High School2.1 mi · 2,483
- Bonner John W Elementary School2.3 mi · 825
Frequently asked questions
About Discovery Charter School HillPointeWhat is the total enrollment at Discovery Charter School HillPointe?
Discovery Charter School HillPointe enrolls approximately 407 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Discovery Charter School HillPointe serve?
Discovery Charter School HillPointe serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Discovery Charter School HillPointe have?
Discovery Charter School HillPointe employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 29.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Discovery Charter School HillPointe?
At Discovery Charter School HillPointe, the student body is approximately 33% White, 43% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Discovery Charter School HillPointe in?
Discovery Charter School HillPointe is part of State Sponsored Charter Schools.
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