Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Harmon Harley ES
School pathway
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Harmon Harley ES
Located at 4820 E. MESA VISTA AVENUE, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Harmon Harley ES is an average-sized primary school that caters to 629 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Clark County. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 31% bigger than typical.
Clark County comprises 375 schools with combined enrollment of 301,622 students; Harmon Harley ES is among them.
On the student-mix side, Harmon Harley ES shows that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 10% Black, 9% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 32% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Harmon Harley ES reports 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.4:1. 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, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, Harmon Harley ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 32.1%, a residual of -0.4 points.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Clark County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Harmon Harley ES is one.
Cortney Francis H JHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Harmon Harley ES ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 33.2%.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harmon Harley ES has edged down 16%, going from 752 students in 2018 to 629 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 5% to 10% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.
On this page, the feed for Harmon Harley ES typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Clark County at a glance
View full county profileQuick facts
Related schools
- NV Learning Academy J-SHSHigh · 3,352 students
- Desert Oasis HSHigh · 3,300 students
- Sierra Vista HSHigh · 3,255 students
- Liberty HSHigh · 3,203 students
- Coronado HSHigh · 3,147 students
- Arbor View HSHigh · 3,069 students
- NV Learning Academy J-SHSHigh · 3,352 students
- Desert Oasis HSHigh · 3,300 students
- Sierra Vista HSHigh · 3,255 students
- Arbor View HSHigh · 3,069 students
- Desert Pines HSHigh · 3,011 students
- Centennial HSHigh · 2,961 students
- Cortney Francis H JHS0.6 mi · 1,014
- Southeast Career Technical Academy HS0.7 mi · 1,999
- Explore Knowledge Academy ES0.8 mi · 329
- Explore Knowledge Academy J-SHS0.8 mi · 270
- Ullom J M ES0.8 mi · 623
- Cowan Sunset Southeast HS0.9 mi · 29