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Givens Linda Rankin ES
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 62% 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 30 points, placing it in Nevada's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Givens Linda Rankin ES
As a high-enrollment K-5 school in Las Vegas, Nevada, Givens Linda Rankin ES hosts 757 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Clark County. Enrollment runs roughly 58% larger than the state mean of about 480.
Clark County runs 375 schools in total, collectively educating 301,622 students. Givens Linda Rankin ES is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Givens Linda Rankin ES reports that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 12% multiracial, 3% Black. Compared to Clark County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 18.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Givens Linda Rankin ES sits in the top 10% of Nevada schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 32.5%; actual is 62.2%, +29.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate median household income runs about $76,472, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Givens Linda Rankin ES is one.
Nearest neighbor: Palo Verde HS, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Givens Linda Rankin ES ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 60.1%.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Givens Linda Rankin ES's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 746 (now 757). White enrollment moved from 60% to 42% across the same window.
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