Herr Helen ES

Set in Las Vegas, Nevada, Herr Helen ES is a reasonably sized primary school, run under Clark County. It educates 584 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 22% bigger than typical.

Clark County comprises 375 schools with combined enrollment of 301,622 students; Herr Helen ES is among them.

Demographically, Herr Helen ES reports that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 8% White, 8% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 18.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 100% of students at Herr Helen ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Herr Helen 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 26.4%, a residual of -6.1 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Clark County) records that median household earnings sit near $76,472, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Herr Helen ES is one.

The closest other public school is Hickey Liliam Lujan ES, roughly 0.4 miles away. 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), Herr Helen ES ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 26.6%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Herr Helen ES has shrank 21%, going from 743 students in 2018 to 584 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 67% to 76%.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.