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Enrollment
629
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000040
Harmon Harley Elementary School
4820 E. MESA VISTA AVENUE, Las Vegas, NV 89120 · (702) 799-7740 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL629 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Nevada public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
8.4:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
629 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 | 56 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
42%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
Harmon Harley Elementary School→Cortney Francis H 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
35.9%
NV avg 45.8% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
32.5%
NV avg 35.6% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.9% | 32.5% |
| 2023-24 | 32.7% | 27.5% |
% 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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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 Harmon Harley Elementary School
Harmon Harley Elementary School's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmon Harley Elementary School this school | 629 | 100.0% | 32.1% |
| Mendoza John F Elementary School Las Vegas | 648 | 100.0% | 31.7% |
| Herr Helen Elementary School Las Vegas | 584 | 100.0% | 26.4% |
| McWilliams J T Elementary School Las Vegas | 627 | 100.0% | 23.3% |
| Ferron William E Elementary School Las Vegas | 548 | 100.0% | 32.5% |
| Miller Sandy Searles Elementary School Las Vegas | 589 | 100.0% | 42.8% |
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 Harmon Harley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #211 of 367 | #146 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #221 of 388 ▲ 20 | #153 of 258 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #255 of 390 ▲ 1 | #174 of 259 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 629 | #100 of 442 | #94 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #1 of 379 | #1 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.8% | #329 of 381 | #228 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #36 of 386 | #31 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #198 of 304 | #139 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
629
+19 (+3%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 638
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 629 | 75.1 | 8.4:1 | 100% (629) |
| 2023-24 | 592 | 38 | 15.6:1 | 100% (592) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 39 | 14.9:1 | 100% (582) |
| 2020-21 | 610 | 32 | 19.1:1 | 100% (610) |
| 2017-18 | 752 | 41 | 18.3:1 | 80% (603) |
| 2015-16 | 804 | 46 | 17.5:1 | 93% (748) |
| 2010-11 | 708 | 40 | 17.7:1 | 84% (594) |
| 2000-01 | 701 | 42 | 16.7:1 | 46% (319) |
| 1990-91 | 638 | 35 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harmon Harley Elementary School.
About Harmon Harley Elementary School
Harmon Harley Elementary School is a public elementary school in Las Vegas, Nevada. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 629 students. The average for elementary schools in Nevada is about 480 students, so this school is 31% larger than average.
Clark County is the district for Harmon Harley Elementary School. It has 375 schools and 301,622 students.
At Harmon Harley Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 75% of the student body. Next come 10% Black, 9% White, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 32% Hispanic. Harmon Harley Elementary School's diversity index is 42%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 75.1 full-time positions, a ratio of 8.4:1. That is lower than the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 100%.
The allk12 Grade for Harmon Harley Elementary School is C+. Compared with Nevada public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 43% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Harmon Harley Elementary School is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 32.1%. Predicted: 32.5%.
In Clark County (population about 2,329,548), the median household income is $76,472, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 462 public schools in Clark County, enrolling about 360,225 students in all.
The closest other public school is Cortney Francis H Junior High School, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 32.1% is below the 33.2% average for nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Harmon Harley Elementary School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, Harmon Harley Elementary School's enrollment grew 3%, to 629. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 19.1:1 to 8.4:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Harmon Harley Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- 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 Las Vegas
- NV Learning Academy J-SHSHigh · 3,352 students
- Desert Oasis High SchoolHigh · 3,300 students
- Sierra Vista High SchoolHigh · 3,255 students
- Arbor View High SchoolHigh · 3,069 students
- Desert Pines High SchoolHigh · 3,011 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,961 students
Nearby schools
- Cortney Francis H Junior High School0.6 mi · 1,014
- Southeast Career Technical Academy High School0.7 mi · 1,999
- Explore Knowledge Academy J-SHS0.8 mi · 270
- Explore Knowledge Academy Elementary School0.8 mi · 329
- Ullom J M Elementary School0.8 mi · 623
- Cowan Sunset Southeast High School0.9 mi · 29
Frequently asked questions
About Harmon Harley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Harmon Harley Elementary School?
Harmon Harley Elementary School enrolls approximately 629 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Harmon Harley Elementary School serve?
Harmon Harley Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Harmon Harley Elementary School?
Approximately 8.4:1 students per teacher at Harmon Harley Elementary School.
How diverse is Harmon Harley Elementary School?
Harmon Harley Elementary School reports a student body of 9% White, 75% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Harmon Harley Elementary School?
Harmon Harley Elementary School is overseen by Clark County in Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.