Johnson Walter JHS Academy of Int'l Studies

Johnson Walter JHS Academy of Int'l Studies, a heavily attended middle-grades school in Las Vegas, Nevada, one of the schools within Clark County, enrolls 1,329 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 73% bigger than the typical public school in Nevada, which averages around 767 students.

Across the 375 schools in Clark County (301,622 students total), Johnson Walter JHS Academy of Int'l Studies accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Johnson Walter JHS Academy of Int'l Studies shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 20% White, 16% Black, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 32% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Johnson Walter JHS Academy of Int'l Studies logs 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.4:1, putting Johnson Walter JHS Academy of Int'l Studies tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Johnson Walter JHS Academy of Int'l Studies qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Johnson Walter JHS Academy of Int'l Studies performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 41.5%, a residual of +9.0 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Clark County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Johnson Walter JHS Academy of Int'l Studies is one.

Nearest neighbor: Smith Helen M ES, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Johnson Walter JHS Academy of Int'l Studies. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Johnson Walter JHS Academy of Int'l Studies ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.9%.

Johnson Walter JHS Academy of Int'l Studies operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Johnson Walter JHS Academy of Int'l Studies has declined 7%, going from 1,436 students in 2018 to 1,329 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 26% to 20% across the same window.

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