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Dondero Harvey N ES
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Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Dondero Harvey N ES
Dondero Harvey N ES is an elementary school of well-populated scale in Las Vegas, Nevada, run under Clark County, hosting 737 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 54% larger than the state mean of about 480.
Clark County comprises 375 schools with combined enrollment of 301,622 students; Dondero Harvey N ES is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Dondero Harvey N ES records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 13% Black, 9% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Dondero Harvey N ES lists 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. 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, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dondero Harvey N ES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 29.3%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Clark County shows median household income runs about $76,472, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Dondero Harvey N ES is one.
Guinn Kenny C MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dondero Harvey N ES at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.0%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Dondero Harvey N ES's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 765 (now 737). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.
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