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Enrollment
552
Middle
DISTRICT 1,058 · STATE 767
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000592
Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School
550 Hafen Ln, Mesquite, NV 89027 · (702) 346-3250 · Clark County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL552 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Nevada public middle schools
- BTest 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
552 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 85%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 173 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 197 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 182 | 33% |
Student demographics
57%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
Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School→Virgin Valley 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
42.4%
NV avg 45.8% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
27.1%
NV avg 35.6% . -4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 down about 4 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.4% | 27.1% |
| 2023-24 | 39.4% | 31.2% |
% 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
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School
Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School this school | 552 | 100.0% | 35.8% |
| Carson Middle School Carson City | 833 | 100.0% | 31.5% |
| Yerington Intermediate School Yerington | 402 | 100.0% | 22.5% |
| Cold Springs Middle School RENO | 612 | 100.0% | 23.1% |
| Archie Clayton Pre-A.p. Academy RENO | 667 | 100.0% | 36.5% |
| Silverland Middle School Fernley | 677 | 100.0% | 24.6% |
Matched among Nevada middle 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 Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #35 of 94 | #24 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #40 of 98 ▼ 11 | #25 of 59 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #39 of 98 ▼ 4 | #29 of 59 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 552 | #79 of 113 | #53 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #22 of 94 | #13 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #55 of 94 | #37 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #50 of 95 | #49 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #41 of 68 | #30 of 50 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
552
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 558
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 552 | 29 | 19.0:1 | 100% (552) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 26 | 21.1:1 | 100% (548) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 32 | 16.9:1 | 100% (541) |
| 2020-21 | 541 | 23 | 23.5:1 | 100% (541) |
| 2017-18 | 630 | 31 | 20.3:1 | 60% (375) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 30 | 19.5:1 | 66% (385) |
| 2010-11 | 558 | 32 | 17.4:1 | 67% (375) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School.
About Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School
Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School is the name of a low-enrollment middle school in Mesquite, Nevada. It enrolled 552 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 28% lower than the average for middle schools in Nevada, which is about 767.
Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School falls under Clark County, which has 375 schools enrolling 301,622 students.
Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 49%. Smaller groups are 44% White and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 32% of Clark County residents are Hispanic. Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 29 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 19.0:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 22.4:1 average for middle schools in Nevada. The school's lunch program data list 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 67% of Nevada public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 32.5% for Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School. The school posts 35.8%, 3.3 points above the prediction.
Within Clark County, the median household income is $76,472, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School, Clark County has 461 other public schools.
Nearby, Virgin Valley Elementary School is about 0.8 miles away. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School ranks 4th of 5 nearby schools, at 35.8% versus a 43.0% average.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment at Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School was 541 in 2020-21 and 552 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The number of students per teacher fell from 23.5 to 19.0 over 4 years.
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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
- NV Learning Academy J-SHSHigh · 3,352 students
- Desert Oasis High SchoolHigh · 3,300 students
- 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 Mesquite
- Virgin Valley High SchoolHigh · 765 students
- Virgin Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
Nearby schools
- Virgin Valley Elementary School0.8 mi · 621
- Virgin Valley High School2.2 mi · 765
- Bowler Joseph L Elementary School3.4 mi · 465
- Beaver Dam Elementary11.4 mi · 188
- Beaver Dam High School11.7 mi · 136
- Bowler Grant Elementary School25.2 mi · 662
Frequently asked questions
About Hughes Charles Arthur Middle SchoolHow large is Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School?
Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School enrolls approximately 552 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School serve?
Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School have?
Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School?
At Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 49% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School public or private?
Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.