Hafen Elementary School

Located at 7120 S Hafen Ranch Rd, in Pahrump, Nevada, Hafen Elementary School is an average-sized K-5 school that works with 413 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Nye.

Nye runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 5,721 students. Hafen Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Hafen Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 43% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Hafen Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Hafen Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 31.6%, a residual of -0.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Nye County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,714 per year, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Nye County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,733 students), Hafen Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Floyd Elementary School, around 1.7 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hafen Elementary School at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 26.5%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hafen Elementary School has ticked up 7%, going from 385 students in 2018 to 413 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 23% to 43%.

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