Founders Academy of Las Vegas

Founders Academy of Las Vegas is one of the mid-tier unified-grade schools in Las Vegas, Nevada, run under State Sponsored Charter Schools, with 1,215 students on its rolls from grades K through 12.

State Sponsored Charter Schools runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 64,162 students. Founders Academy of Las Vegas is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Founders Academy of Las Vegas lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 33% White, 9% multiracial, 7% Black, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 32% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 32.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.6:1, putting Founders Academy of Las Vegas higher than the state norm the norm. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Clark County (around 93%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Founders Academy of Las Vegas performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.8%, the actual is 41.8%, a residual of -6.1 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Founders Academy of Las Vegas is one.

Quest Academy Northwest is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Founders Academy of Las Vegas comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 29.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area. As a public charter, Founders Academy of Las Vegas runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Founders Academy of Las Vegas's enrollment has climbed 97% since 2018, when it stood at 618 (now 1,215). White enrollment moved from 55% to 33% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 30.9:1 in 2018 to 32.8:1 today.

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