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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000290
Galloway Fay Elementary School
701 Skyline Rd, Henderson, NV 89002 · (702) 799-8920 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Nevada public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
453 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 | 26 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
70%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
Galloway Fay Elementary School→Mannion Jack & Terry 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
46.8%
NV avg 45.8% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
47.5%
NV avg 35.6% . +8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.8% | 47.5% |
| 2023-24 | 39.9% | 38.9% |
% 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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 Galloway Fay Elementary School
Galloway Fay Elementary School's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galloway Fay Elementary School this school | 453 | 100.0% | 37.4% |
| Allen Dean LaMar Elementary School Las Vegas | 390 | 100.0% | 44.3% |
| Gibson James Elementary School Henderson | 409 | 100.0% | 43.7% |
| Rhodes Betsy Elementary School Las Vegas | 570 | 100.0% | 40.8% |
| Bartlett Selma F Elementary School Henderson | 495 | 100.0% | 43.1% |
| Newton Ulis Elementary School Henderson | 526 | 100.0% | 43.1% |
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 Galloway Fay Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #145 of 367 | #100 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #118 of 388 ▲ 32 | #81 of 258 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #166 of 390 ▲ 24 | #118 of 259 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #259 of 442 | #211 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #13 of 379 | #12 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #103 of 381 | #102 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #94 of 386 | #89 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.8% | #52 of 304 | #32 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
453
-108 (-19%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 786
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 453 | 35 | 12.9:1 | 100% (453) |
| 2023-24 | 485 | 35 | 13.9:1 | 100% (485) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 33 | 16.0:1 | 100% (528) |
| 2020-21 | 561 | 30 | 18.7:1 | 100% (561) |
| 2017-18 | 684 | 44 | 15.6:1 | 44% (300) |
| 2015-16 | 763 | 47 | 16.2:1 | 52% (395) |
| 2010-11 | 740 | 39 | 19.0:1 | 36% (265) |
| 2000-01 | 994 | 52 | 19.1:1 | 16% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 786 | 38 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Galloway Fay Elementary School.
About Galloway Fay Elementary School
Galloway Fay Elementary School serves students in Henderson, Nevada, as a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 453 students in pre-K through 5.
The 375 schools of Clark County, including Galloway Fay Elementary School, enroll 301,622 students.
Of every 100 students at Galloway Fay Elementary School, about 39 are White, the largest group. Smaller groups are 36% Hispanic, 12% Black, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
Galloway Fay Elementary School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Nevada is 18.1:1. At Galloway Fay Elementary School, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, Galloway Fay Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 61% of Nevada public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Galloway Fay Elementary School, the prediction is 32.5% and the result is 37.4%.
In Clark County, where the school is located, 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.
Newton Ulis Elementary School is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Galloway Fay Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Galloway Fay Elementary School ranks 6th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 37.4% against a local average of 54.1%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 561 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 453 by 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 18.7 in 2020-21 to 12.9 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Galloway Fay Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Desert Oasis High SchoolHigh · 3,300 students
- 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 Henderson
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 3,203 students
- 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
- Newton Ulis Elementary School0.6 mi · 526
- College of So NV HS South0.8 mi · 157
- Foothill High School0.8 mi · 2,406
- Smalley James E & A Rae Elementary School1.1 mi · 710
- Mannion Jack & Terry Middle School1.2 mi · 1,463
- McCaw Gordon Elementary School1.4 mi · 730
Frequently asked questions
About Galloway Fay Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Galloway Fay Elementary School?
Galloway Fay Elementary School enrolls approximately 453 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Galloway Fay Elementary School serve?
Galloway Fay Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Galloway Fay Elementary School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Galloway Fay Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Galloway Fay Elementary School?
At Galloway Fay Elementary School, the student body is approximately 39% White, 36% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Galloway Fay Elementary School in?
Galloway Fay Elementary School is part of Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.