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Alumni: what's one memory from Faiss Wilbur & Theresa MS that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,284
Middle
DISTRICT 1,058 · STATE 767
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000730
Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School
9525 W Maule Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89148 · (702) 799-6850 · Clark County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,284 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Nevada public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,284 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 85%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 436 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 409 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 439 | 34% |
Student demographics
78%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
Feeds from
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
51.3%
NV avg 45.8% . +7.9pp since 2023
Math
35.0%
NV avg 35.6% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.3% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.4% | 34.9% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School
Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School this school | 1,284 | 100.0% | 40.5% |
| Silvestri Charles Junior High School Las Vegas | 1,076 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
| Lawrence Clifford J Junior High School Las Vegas | 1,227 | 100.0% | 30.2% |
| Fertitta Victoria Middle School Las Vegas | 1,172 | 100.0% | 44.8% |
| Sawyer Grant Middle School Las Vegas | 1,149 | 100.0% | 28.5% |
| Escobedo Edmundo Eddie Sr Middle School Las Vegas | 918 | 100.0% | 31.0% |
Matched among Nevada middle 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 Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #28 of 94 | #20 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #26 of 98 ▼ 2 | #17 of 59 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #26 of 98 ▲ 2 | #19 of 59 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,284 | #20 of 113 | #20 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #54 of 94 | #33 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.5% | #3 of 94 | #3 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #56 of 95 | #55 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #29 of 68 | #21 of 50 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,284
-478 (-27%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 1,228
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 28.4:1
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 | 1,284 | 57 | 22.5:1 | 100% (1,284) |
| 2023-24 | 1,252 | 54 | 23.2:1 | 100% (1,252) |
| 2022-23 | 1,270 | 56 | 22.7:1 | 100% (1,270) |
| 2020-21 | 1,762 | 62 | 28.4:1 | 100% (1,762) |
| 2017-18 | 1,552 | 57 | 27.2:1 | 48% (740) |
| 2015-16 | 1,378 | 56 | 24.6:1 | 50% (690) |
| 2010-11 | 1,228 | 53 | 23.2:1 | 42% (516) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School.
About Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School
Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School is a middle school located in Las Vegas, Nevada, in Clark County. The school had 1,284 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for middle schools in Nevada is about 767, so this school runs 67% above that.
Clark County enrolls 301,622 students, and its 375 schools include Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School.
Enrollment at Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 32%. The school is also 21% Black, 20% White, 11% multiracial, and 11% Asian. For comparison, Clark County is about 32% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 78%.
The school reported 57 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 22.5:1. Middle schools in Nevada have a similar average ratio of 22.4:1. Eligible students account for 100% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 75% of Nevada public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School scores 40.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 32.5%.
In Clark County (population about 2,329,548), median household income is about $76,472, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School is one of 462 public schools in Clark County, which together enroll about 360,225 students.
The next-closest public school is Berkley Shelley Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School's average proficiency of 40.5% compares with 46.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 27%, from 1,762 to 1,284. Its ratio of students to teachers was 28.4:1 in 2020-21, and 22.5:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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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- Sierra Vista High SchoolHigh · 3,255 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 3,203 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 3,147 students
- Arbor View High SchoolHigh · 3,069 students
Other schools in Las Vegas
- NV Learning Academy J-SHSHigh · 3,352 students
- Desert Oasis High SchoolHigh · 3,300 students
- Sierra Vista High SchoolHigh · 3,255 students
- Arbor View High SchoolHigh · 3,069 students
- Desert Pines High SchoolHigh · 3,011 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,961 students
Nearby schools
- Berkley Shelley Elementary School0.4 mi · 719
- Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School0.5 mi · 728
- Batterman Kathy L Elementary School1.6 mi · 635
- Amplus Durango1.8 mi · 1,761
- Fertitta Victoria Middle School2.0 mi · 1,172
- Sierra Vista High School2.0 mi · 3,255
Frequently asked questions
About Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle SchoolHow many students attend Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School?
Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School enrolls approximately 1,284 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School serve?
Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School have?
Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
How diverse is Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School?
Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School reports a student body of 20% White, 32% Hispanic, 21% Black, 11% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School?
Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle 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.