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How has Jeffers Jay W ES changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000657
Jeffers Jay W Elementary School
2320 Clifford St, Las Vegas, NV 89115 · (702) 799-2100 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Nevada public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
19.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
504 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 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
22%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
Jeffers Jay W Elementary School→Von Tobel Ed 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
24.0%
NV avg 45.8% . +5.8pp since 2023
Math
18.4%
NV avg 35.6% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 18.4% |
| 2023-24 | 18.2% | 18.7% |
% 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
19.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% 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 Jeffers Jay W Elementary School
Jeffers Jay W Elementary School's state test result (19.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffers Jay W Elementary School this school | 504 | 100.0% | 19.8% |
| Ronnow C C Elementary School Las Vegas | 503 | 100.0% | 25.5% |
| Stanford Elementary School Las Vegas | 483 | 100.0% | 32.8% |
| Crestwood Elementary School Las Vegas | 551 | 100.0% | 33.2% |
| Herron Fay Elementary School N Las Vegas | 575 | 100.0% | 33.5% |
| Edwards Elbert Elementary School Las Vegas | 535 | 100.0% | 26.7% |
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 Jeffers Jay W Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #341 of 367 | #233 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #359 of 388 ▼ 33 | #237 of 258 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #354 of 390 ▲ 19 | #237 of 259 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #203 of 442 | #176 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #302 of 379 | #214 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.3% | #375 of 381 | #257 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #202 of 386 | #197 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.4% | #37 of 304 | #22 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
504
-170 (-25%) vs 2020
-38% since 2010-11, when it was 809
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 504 | 26 | 19.4:1 | 100% (504) |
| 2023-24 | 535 | 25 | 21.4:1 | 100% (535) |
| 2022-23 | 606 | 33 | 18.4:1 | 100% (606) |
| 2020-21 | 674 | 41 | 16.4:1 | 100% (674) |
| 2017-18 | 793 | 49 | 16.2:1 | 100% (793) |
| 2015-16 | 927 | 45 | 20.6:1 | 97% (900) |
| 2010-11 | 809 | 41 | 19.7:1 | 94% (763) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jeffers Jay W Elementary School.
About Jeffers Jay W Elementary School
Jeffers Jay W Elementary School runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 504 students.
Across its 375 schools, Clark County enrolls 301,622 students. Jeffers Jay W Elementary School is one of those schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Jeffers Jay W Elementary School is Hispanic, at 88%. Other reported shares: 6% Black and 3% White. Clark County's residents are about 32% Hispanic, 56 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 22%.
Jeffers Jay W Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Nevada is 18.1:1. At Jeffers Jay W Elementary School, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, Jeffers Jay W Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 6% of Nevada public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Jeffers Jay W Elementary School is 12.7 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 19.8% actual, 32.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Nevada.
In the wider Clark County area, the median household earns about $76,472 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Clark County, 462 public schools serve about 360,225 students.
Jeffers Jay W Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Von Tobel Ed Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Jeffers Jay W Elementary School's average proficiency of 19.8% compares with 27.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 674 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 504 by 2024-25. Students per teacher increased from 16.4 in 2020-21 to 19.4 in 2024-25.
The Jeffers Jay W Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Von Tobel Ed Middle School0.2 mi · 866
- Herron Fay Elementary School0.4 mi · 575
- Tate Myrtle Elementary School0.7 mi · 663
- Nevada State High School Sunrise0.8 mi · 46
- Williams Tom Elementary School0.8 mi · 538
- pilotED Cactus Park1.0 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About Jeffers Jay W Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jeffers Jay W Elementary School?
Jeffers Jay W Elementary School enrolls approximately 504 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Jeffers Jay W Elementary School serve?
Jeffers Jay W Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Jeffers Jay W Elementary School have?
Jeffers Jay W Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jeffers Jay W Elementary School?
At Jeffers Jay W Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 88% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Jeffers Jay W Elementary School public or private?
Jeffers Jay W 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.