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Guinn Kenny C MS
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Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 39% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Guinn Kenny C MS
Guinn Kenny C MS operates as a middle-of-the-pack junior high in Las Vegas, Nevada, overseen by Clark County. Current enrollment sits at 1,069 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 767 students per school, that is 39% above typical.
Clark County comprises 375 schools with combined enrollment of 301,622 students; Guinn Kenny C MS is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Guinn Kenny C MS logs that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 19% Black, 11% White, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 32% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Guinn Kenny C MS has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.4:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, Guinn Kenny C MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 39.4%, a residual of +6.8 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Clark County put median household income runs about $76,472, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clark County's 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), Guinn Kenny C MS is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Dondero Harvey N ES, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Guinn Kenny C MS. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Guinn Kenny C MS ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 33.4%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 1,126 students in 2018 compared to 1,069 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 18% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.
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Clark County at a glance
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