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Gehring Roger D Acad of Science & Technology ES
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 44 points, placing it in Nevada's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Gehring Roger D Acad of Science & Technology ES
Gehring Roger D Acad of Science & Technology ES is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in Las Vegas, Nevada, run under Clark County, hosting 648 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Nevada's public schools average about 480 students each, so Gehring Roger D Acad of Science & Technology ES sits 35% above that benchmark.
Across the 375 schools in Clark County (301,622 students total), Gehring Roger D Acad of Science & Technology ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Gehring Roger D Acad of Science & Technology ES records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (29%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 23% White, 19% Black, 16% Asian, 10% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Clark County as a whole.
On the resource side, On paper, Gehring Roger D Acad of Science & Technology ES has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. The state averages about 18.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 100% of students at Gehring Roger D Acad of Science & Technology ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Gehring Roger D Acad of Science & Technology ES ranks in the top 10% of Nevada public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 32.5%; Gehring Roger D Acad of Science & Technology ES posts 76.6%, +44.1 points above that line.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Clark County) records that median household income runs about $76,472, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Gehring Roger D Acad of Science & Technology ES is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).
The closest other public school is Cartwright Roberta C ES, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Gehring Roger D Acad of Science & Technology ES comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 38.5%.
The school occupies a city-core site.
Over the past 7-year window. Gehring Roger D Acad of Science & Technology ES's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 642 (now 648). Black enrollment moved from 9% to 19% across the same window.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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