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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Forbuss Robert L ES administration to hear?
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Enrollment
641
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000737
Forbuss Robert L Elementary School
8601 S Grand Canyon Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89178 · (702) 799-6840 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL641 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% 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
17.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
641 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 | 45 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
80%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
Forbuss Robert L Elementary School→Faiss Wilbur & Theresa 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
58.3%
NV avg 45.8% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
54.6%
NV avg 35.6% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.3% | 54.6% |
| 2023-24 | 53.3% | 48.7% |
% 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
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 Forbuss Robert L Elementary School
Forbuss Robert L Elementary School's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forbuss Robert L Elementary School this school | 641 | 100.0% | 46.3% |
| Piggott Academy Elementary School Las Vegas | 686 | 100.0% | 50.1% |
| Gehring Roger D Academy of Science & Technology Elementary School Las Vegas | 648 | 100.0% | 76.6% |
| Frias Charles & Phyllis Elementary School Las Vegas | 650 | 100.0% | 52.8% |
| Ortwein Dennis Elementary School Las Vegas | 828 | 100.0% | 35.6% |
| Rogers Lucille S Elementary School Las Vegas | 687 | 100.0% | 38.2% |
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 Forbuss Robert L Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #77 of 367 | #49 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #78 of 388 ▲ 15 | #53 of 258 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #93 of 390 ▲ 13 | #69 of 259 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 641 | #90 of 442 | #85 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #256 of 379 | #187 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 80.4% | #1 of 381 | #1 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #215 of 386 | #210 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #247 of 304 | #170 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
641
+34 (+6%) vs 2020
-37% since 2010-11, when it was 1,018
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 641 | 36 | 17.8:1 | 100% (641) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 31 | 19.7:1 | 100% (612) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 35 | 17.3:1 | 100% (604) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 29 | 20.9:1 | 100% (607) |
| 2017-18 | 717 | 39 | 18.4:1 | 40% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 1,199 | 62 | 19.3:1 | 43% (515) |
| 2010-11 | 1,018 | 47 | 21.7:1 | 29% (300) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forbuss Robert L Elementary School.
About Forbuss Robert L Elementary School
Forbuss Robert L Elementary School, located in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a medium-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 641 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Nevada) has about 480 students.
The district for Forbuss Robert L Elementary School is Clark County, with 375 schools and 301,622 students.
Forbuss Robert L Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 27%. Smaller groups are 22% White, 17% Asian, 16% Black, and 15% multiracial. By the diversity index, Forbuss Robert L Elementary School comes in at 80%.
The count of teachers at Forbuss Robert L Elementary School is 36 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 17.8:1. Across elementary schools in Nevada, the average ratio is about 18.1:1. Around 100% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Forbuss Robert L Elementary School is A-. Compared with Nevada public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 81% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Forbuss Robert L Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Nevada schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.3%; the prediction is 32.5%.
Clark County census figures show that median household income is about $76,472, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Forbuss Robert L Elementary School is among the 462 public schools in Clark County.
Nearby, Snyder Don & Dee Elementary School is about 1.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Forbuss Robert L Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 607 in 2020-21 and 641 in 2024-25, a rise of 34 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.9:1 to 17.8:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Clark County
- NV Learning Academy J-SHSHigh · 3,352 students
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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
- Snyder Don & Dee Elementary School1.2 mi · 679
- Berkley Shelley Elementary School2.1 mi · 719
- Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School2.2 mi · 1,284
- Wright William V Elementary School2.2 mi · 562
- Thompson Tyrone Elementary School2.3 mi · 916
- Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School2.3 mi · 728
Frequently asked questions
About Forbuss Robert L Elementary SchoolHow large is Forbuss Robert L Elementary School?
Forbuss Robert L Elementary School enrolls approximately 641 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Forbuss Robert L Elementary School serve?
Forbuss Robert L Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Forbuss Robert L Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Forbuss Robert L Elementary School is approximately 17.8:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Forbuss Robert L Elementary School?
Forbuss Robert L Elementary School reports a student body of 22% White, 27% Hispanic, 16% Black, 17% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Forbuss Robert L Elementary School?
Forbuss Robert L 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.