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What's something Jacobson Walter ES does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000379
Jacobson Walter Elementary School
8400 Boseck Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89145 · (702) 799-4320 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% 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.
- C+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
18.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
494 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 | 41 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
69%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
Jacobson Walter Elementary School→Johnson Walter JHS Academy of Int'l Studies
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
39.0%
NV avg 45.8% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
31.5%
NV avg 35.6% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 31.5% |
| 2023-24 | 41.8% | 28.9% |
% 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
30.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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 Jacobson Walter Elementary School
Jacobson Walter Elementary School's state test result (30.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobson Walter Elementary School this school | 494 | 100.0% | 30.8% |
| Eisenberg Dorothy Elementary School Las Vegas | 497 | 100.0% | 35.0% |
| Hill Charlotte Elementary School Las Vegas | 471 | 100.0% | 46.8% |
| Deskin Ruthe Elementary School Las Vegas | 491 | 100.0% | 32.9% |
| Neal Joseph M Elementary School Las Vegas | 458 | 100.0% | 37.9% |
| Mack Nate Elementary School Henderson | 484 | 100.0% | 46.9% |
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 Jacobson Walter Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #226 of 367 | #157 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #235 of 388 no change | #162 of 258 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #224 of 390 ▼ 53 | #156 of 259 ▼ 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #219 of 442 | #187 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #280 of 379 | #203 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #112 of 381 | #108 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #123 of 386 | #118 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #224 of 304 | #156 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
494
0 (0%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 532
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 494 | 27 | 18.3:1 | 100% (494) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 28 | 18.5:1 | 100% (519) |
| 2022-23 | 505 | 30 | 16.8:1 | 100% (505) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 100% (494) |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 32 | 17.8:1 | 58% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 621 | 33 | 18.8:1 | 66% (411) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 31 | 19.4:1 | 58% (348) |
| 2000-01 | 844 | 45 | 18.8:1 | 19% (163) |
| 1990-91 | 532 | 23 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jacobson Walter Elementary School.
About Jacobson Walter Elementary School
Federal records list Jacobson Walter Elementary School as an elementary school in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 494 students.
Jacobson Walter Elementary School is a school in Clark County. The district has 375 schools and 301,622 students.
The biggest share of students at Jacobson Walter Elementary School, 49%, is Hispanic. The next largest groups are 20% White, 15% Black, 11% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Clark County overall, about 32% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
A staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 18.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Nevada is similar, at 18.1:1. By family income, 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Jacobson Walter Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 39% of Nevada public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Jacobson Walter Elementary School is 1.7 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 30.8% actual, 32.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Nevada.
In Clark County, home to about 2,329,548 people, median household income comes to about $76,472, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 462 public schools in the county, enrolling about 360,225, Jacobson Walter Elementary School among them.
Jacobson Walter Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from Johnson Walter JHS Academy of Int'l Studies, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Jacobson Walter Elementary School's average proficiency of 30.8% compares with 39.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 494 in 2020-21 and 494 in 2024-25.
Jacobson Walter Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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- 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
- Johnson Walter JHS Academy of Int'l Studies0.8 mi · 1,329
- Derfelt Herbert A Elementary School0.9 mi · 553
- Smith Helen M Elementary School1.2 mi · 452
- Piggott Academy Elementary School1.8 mi · 686
- Christensen M J Elementary School2.1 mi · 487
- Bryan Richard H Elementary School2.2 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Jacobson Walter Elementary SchoolHow large is Jacobson Walter Elementary School?
Jacobson Walter Elementary School enrolls approximately 494 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Jacobson Walter Elementary School serve?
Jacobson Walter Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jacobson Walter Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jacobson Walter Elementary School is approximately 18.3:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Jacobson Walter Elementary School?
Student demographics at Jacobson Walter Elementary School are roughly 20% White, 49% Hispanic, 15% Black, 4% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Jacobson Walter Elementary School public or private?
Jacobson Walter Elementary 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.