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Enrollment
909
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000930
Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School
3200 Artella Avenue, Henderson, NV 89044 · (702) 799-5888 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL909 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% 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
17.1:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
909 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 121 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 127 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 164 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 163 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 154 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (132).
Student demographics
73%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
Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School→Webb Del E Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Clark County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
66.6%
NV avg 45.8% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
60.5%
NV avg 35.6% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.6% | 60.5% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 61.5% |
% 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
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.6pp
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 Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School
Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School this school | 909 | 100.0% | 48.1% |
| Staton Ethel W Elementary School Las Vegas | 695 | 100.0% | 54.0% |
| Bonner John W Elementary School Las Vegas | 825 | 100.0% | 57.5% |
| Taylor Glen C Elementary School Henderson | 638 | 100.0% | 45.5% |
| Divich Kenneth Elementary School Las Vegas | 1,171 | 100.0% | 46.2% |
| Wallin Shirley & Bill Elementary School Henderson | 735 | 100.0% | 56.4% |
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 Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #65 of 367 | #40 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #50 of 388 ▼ 14 | #34 of 258 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #50 of 390 ▲ 5 | #37 of 259 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 909 | #23 of 442 | #21 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #212 of 379 | #159 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #63 of 381 | #63 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #241 of 386 | #236 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
909
+193 (+27%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 909 | 53 | 17.1:1 | 100% (909) |
| 2023-24 | 882 | 53 | 16.6:1 | 100% (882) |
| 2022-23 | 1,022 | 46 | 22.2:1 | 100% (1,022) |
| 2020-21 | 716 | 35 | 20.5:1 | 24% (169) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School.
About Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School
In Henderson, Nevada, Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 909 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Nevada enroll about 480 students on average.
Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School is run by Clark County, whose 375 schools enroll 301,622 students.
The biggest share of students at Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School, 41%, is White. Next come 26% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 8% Black. That is in line with Clark County, where about 44% of residents are White. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School are from different groups.
Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School reported 53 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.1:1. The school's 17.1:1 compares with an average of 18.1:1 for elementary schools in Nevada. Roughly 100% of students at Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 85% of Nevada public elementary schools.
Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.1% is 15.6 points above the 32.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Clark County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $76,472 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Clark County number 462, with about 360,225 students.
Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Sloan Canyon is about 1.4 miles from Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 58.9%, higher than Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School's 48.1%.
The federal government classifies Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School's location as City: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 27% rise, from 716 to 909. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.5:1 to 17.1:1.
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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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- Arbor View High SchoolHigh · 3,069 students
Other schools in Henderson
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- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 3,147 students
- Green Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,436 students
- Foothill High SchoolHigh · 2,406 students
- Basic Academy of Int'l Studies High SchoolHigh · 2,395 students
- Pinecrest Academy of Nevada CadenceCombined · 2,370 students
Nearby schools
- Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Sloan Canyon1.4 mi · 2,268
- Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Inspirada1.5 mi · 1,193
- Wallin Shirley & Bill Elementary School2.5 mi · 735
- Schorr Steve Elementary School2.9 mi · 678
- Wolff Elise L Elementary School2.9 mi · 751
- Lamping Frank Elementary School3.1 mi · 624
Frequently asked questions
About Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School?
Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School enrolls approximately 909 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School serve?
Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School.
How diverse is Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School?
Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School reports a student body of 41% White, 26% Hispanic, 8% Black, 9% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School?
Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School is overseen by Clark County in Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.