Discovery Charter School HillPointe

Located at 8941 Hillpointe Road, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Discovery Charter School HillPointe is a compact primary school that hosts 407 students (grades K through 8), run under State Sponsored Charter Schools.

State Sponsored Charter Schools comprises 83 schools with combined enrollment of 64,162 students; Discovery Charter School HillPointe is among them.

On demographics, Discovery Charter School HillPointe lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 33% White, 11% multiracial, 9% Black, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 32% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Discovery Charter School HillPointe has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 29.1:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Clark County's rate of about 93%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Discovery Charter School HillPointe tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Clark County put the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Discovery Charter School HillPointe is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).

The closest other public school is Lummis William ES, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Discovery Charter School HillPointe. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Discovery Charter School HillPointe at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 41.9%.

The school occupies an urban site. Discovery Charter School HillPointe operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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