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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000376
Gibson James Elementary School
271 Leisure Cir, Henderson, NV 89074 · (702) 799-8730 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Nevada public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
409 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 | 32 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
68%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
Gibson James Elementary School→Greenspun Barbara & Hank Junior High 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
61.2%
NV avg 45.8% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
51.5%
NV avg 35.6% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 have held steady.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.2% | 51.5% |
| 2023-24 | 56.7% | 50.6% |
% 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
43.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 Gibson James Elementary School
Gibson James Elementary School's state test result (43.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson James Elementary School this school | 409 | 100.0% | 43.7% |
| Allen Dean LaMar Elementary School Las Vegas | 390 | 100.0% | 44.3% |
| Galloway Fay Elementary School Henderson | 453 | 100.0% | 37.4% |
| Peavine Elementary RENO | 345 | 100.0% | 44.3% |
| Bartlett Selma F Elementary School Henderson | 495 | 100.0% | 43.1% |
| Morrow Sue H Elementary School Henderson | 416 | 100.0% | 47.4% |
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 Gibson James Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #97 of 367 | #61 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #96 of 388 ▼ 14 | #66 of 258 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #78 of 390 ▲ 1 | #60 of 259 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #294 of 442 | #229 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #99 of 379 | #82 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #120 of 381 | #115 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #120 of 386 | #115 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #168 of 304 | #114 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
409
-85 (-17%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 649
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 409 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 100% (409) |
| 2023-24 | 411 | 26 | 15.8:1 | 100% (411) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 100% (458) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 26 | 19.0:1 | 100% (494) |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 30 | 17.0:1 | 100% (511) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 32 | 15.7:1 | 50% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 29 | 18.4:1 | 34% (179) |
| 2000-01 | 713 | 40 | 17.8:1 | 6% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 649 | 30 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gibson James Elementary School.
About Gibson James Elementary School
Gibson James Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Clark County in Henderson, Nevada. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 409 students.
Clark County is the district for Gibson James Elementary School. It has 375 schools and 301,622 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Gibson James Elementary School is Hispanic (39%). Other groups include 38% White, 11% multiracial, 8% Black, and 3% Asian. By the diversity index, Gibson James Elementary School comes in at 68%.
Gibson James Elementary School's 27 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 15.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Nevada average 18.1:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 100%.
Gibson James Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 75% of Nevada public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Gibson James Elementary School is +11.2 points: 43.7% actual, 32.5% predicted.
Within Clark County, median household income is about $76,472, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Clark County number 462 and enroll about 360,225.
The closest public school, Coral Academy Windmill, is about 0.5 miles from Gibson James Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Gibson James Elementary School is 5th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Gibson James Elementary School saw enrollment fall 17% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 19.0 to 15.2 over 4 years.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Gibson James Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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
- Coral Academy Windmill0.5 mi · 419
- McDoniel Estes M Elementary School0.9 mi · 388
- Greenspun Barbara & Hank Junior High School0.9 mi · 1,312
- Mack Nate Elementary School1.3 mi · 484
- Bartlett Selma F Elementary School1.4 mi · 495
- Green Valley High School1.4 mi · 2,436
Frequently asked questions
About Gibson James Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gibson James Elementary School?
Gibson James Elementary School enrolls approximately 409 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Gibson James Elementary School serve?
Gibson James Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Gibson James Elementary School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Gibson James Elementary School.
How diverse is Gibson James Elementary School?
Gibson James Elementary School reports a student body of 38% White, 39% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Gibson James Elementary School in?
Gibson James Elementary School is part of Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.