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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Iverson Mervin ES administration to hear?
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Enrollment
540
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000551
Iverson Mervin Elementary School
1575 S Hollywood Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89142 · (702) 799-7260 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% 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.
- ·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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
540 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 | 38 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
59%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
Iverson Mervin Elementary School→Harney Kathleen & Tim Middle 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
44.8%
NV avg 45.8% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
43.5%
NV avg 35.6% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.8% | 43.5% |
| 2023-24 | 40.7% | 40.0% |
% 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 Iverson Mervin Elementary School
Iverson Mervin Elementary School's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iverson Mervin Elementary School this school | 540 | 100.0% | 32.5% |
| Smith Helen M Elementary School Las Vegas | 452 | 100.0% | 41.0% |
| French Doris Elementary School Las Vegas | 459 | 100.0% | 30.2% |
| Rowe Lewis E Elementary School Las Vegas | 614 | 100.0% | 33.6% |
| Bracken Walter Elementary School Las Vegas | 482 | 100.0% | 46.0% |
| Diskin P A Elementary School Las Vegas | 505 | 100.0% | 33.7% |
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 Iverson Mervin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #205 of 367 | #141 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #148 of 388 ▼ 8 | #102 of 258 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #184 of 390 ▼ 3 | #133 of 259 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #167 of 442 | #153 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #93 of 379 | #78 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #213 of 381 | #168 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #179 of 386 | #174 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.7% | #13 of 304 | #6 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
540
-44 (-8%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 757
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 540 | 36 | 15.0:1 | 100% (540) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 33 | 17.1:1 | 100% (563) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 100% (520) |
| 2020-21 | 584 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 100% (584) |
| 2017-18 | 943 | 47 | 20.1:1 | 100% (940) |
| 2015-16 | 932 | 50 | 18.6:1 | 72% (668) |
| 2010-11 | 757 | 39 | 19.4:1 | 61% (462) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Iverson Mervin Elementary School.
About Iverson Mervin Elementary School
Iverson Mervin Elementary School sits in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is classified as an elementary school. The school counts 540 students across pre-K through 5.
Clark County runs 375 schools with a combined 301,622 students. Iverson Mervin Elementary School is one of them.
Iverson Mervin Elementary School's enrollment is 61% Hispanic. Other groups include 14% White, 9% Black, 9% multiracial, and 5% Asian. By comparison, Clark County residents are about 32% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Iverson Mervin Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Dividing enrollment by its 36 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.0:1. Among elementary schools in Nevada, the typical ratio is 18.1:1. Eligible students account for 100% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
The allk12 Grade for Iverson Mervin Elementary School is B-. Compared with Nevada public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 45% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Iverson Mervin Elementary School is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 32.5%. Predicted: 32.5%.
Within Clark County, median household income is about $76,472, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Clark County number 462 and enroll about 360,225.
Harney Kathleen & Tim Middle School is the public school closest to Iverson Mervin Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Iverson Mervin Elementary School places 3rd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Federal data place Iverson Mervin Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 584 in 2020-21 and 540 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Iverson Mervin 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
- 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 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
- Harney Kathleen & Tim Middle School0.3 mi · 1,292
- Goldfarb Daniel Elementary School0.5 mi · 598
- Las Vegas High School0.7 mi · 2,510
- Keller Duane D Middle School0.9 mi · 1,062
- Adams Kirk Elementary School1.1 mi · 321
- Mendoza John F Elementary School1.1 mi · 648
Frequently asked questions
About Iverson Mervin Elementary SchoolHow large is Iverson Mervin Elementary School?
Iverson Mervin Elementary School enrolls approximately 540 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Iverson Mervin Elementary School serve?
Iverson Mervin Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Iverson Mervin Elementary School have?
Iverson Mervin Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Iverson Mervin Elementary School?
Student demographics at Iverson Mervin Elementary School are roughly 14% White, 61% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Iverson Mervin Elementary School?
Iverson Mervin 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.