Enrollment
332
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000356
Dooley John Elementary School
1940 Chickasaw Dr, Henderson, NV 89002 · (702) 799-8060 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL332 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Nevada public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
332 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 85%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Dooley John Elementary School→Brown B Mahlon Junior High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Clark County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
48.1%
NV avg 45.8% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
46.2%
NV avg 35.6% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.1% | 46.2% |
| 2023-24 | 50.6% | 45.8% |
% 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
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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%.
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 Dooley John Elementary School
Dooley John Elementary School's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dooley John Elementary School this school | 332 | 100.0% | 47.7% |
| Lovelock Elementary School Lovelock | 301 | 100.0% | 25.1% |
| Grammar School 2 Elko | 341 | 100.0% | 34.8% |
| Morrow Sue H Elementary School Henderson | 416 | 100.0% | 47.4% |
| Northside Elementary School Elko | 341 | 100.0% | 34.1% |
| David E Norman Elementary Ely | 362 | 100.0% | 24.2% |
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 Dooley John Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #67 of 367 | #41 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #129 of 388 ▼ 14 | #90 of 258 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #157 of 390 ▼ 39 | #113 of 259 ▼ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 332 | #336 of 442 | #249 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #35 of 379 | #30 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #144 of 381 | #134 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #113 of 386 | #108 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #113 of 304 | #75 of 201 |
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
332
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 332 | 24 | 13.8:1 | 100% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 339 | 21 | 16.1:1 | 100% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 24 | 14.0:1 | 100% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 18 | 18.9:1 | 100% (340) |
| 2017-18 | 447 | 28 | 16.0:1 | 100% (447) |
| 2015-16 | 414 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 43% (179) |
| 2010-11 | 501 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 32% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 555 | 31 | 17.9:1 | 11% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 474 | 30 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dooley John Elementary School.
About Dooley John Elementary School
Dooley John Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in Henderson, Nevada. Enrollment is 332 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Nevada is about 480 students, so this school is 31% smaller than average.
Enrollment across the 375 schools in Clark County totals 301,622 students.
White students form the largest group at Dooley John Elementary School, 47% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 33% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Pacific Islander. The White share in Clark County as a whole is similar, at about 44%. The chance that two students picked at random at Dooley John Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
A ratio of 13.8:1 comes from the school's 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 100% of students at Dooley John Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Dooley John Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Nevada public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Dooley John Elementary School would score about 32.5%. It scores 47.7%, 15.2 points above that figure.
County data help place the school in context: in Clark County, 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%. The public schools of Clark County number 462 and enroll about 360,225.
The nearest public school is Morrow Sue H Elementary School, at about 0.9 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Dooley John Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 5 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Dooley John Elementary School is City: Large.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (340) and 2024-25 (332). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.9:1 in 2020-21 to 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About Dooley John Elementary SchoolHow large is Dooley John Elementary School?
Dooley John Elementary School enrolls approximately 332 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Dooley John Elementary School serve?
Dooley John Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dooley John Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dooley John Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Dooley John Elementary School?
Student demographics at Dooley John Elementary School are roughly 47% White, 33% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Dooley John Elementary School public or private?
Dooley John Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.