Jones Blackhurst Jan L ES

Set in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jones Blackhurst Jan L ES is a sizable K-5 school, run under Clark County. It serves 853 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 78% larger than the typical public school in Nevada, which averages around 480 students.

Jones Blackhurst Jan L ES is one of 375 schools operated by Clark County, a district that educates 301,622 students overall.

Demographically, Jones Blackhurst Jan L ES logs that 31% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 14% Asian, 8% Black. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. The state averages about 18.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 100% of students at Jones Blackhurst Jan L ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jones Blackhurst Jan L ES sits in the top 10% of Nevada schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 32.5%; actual is 52.1%, +19.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, Clark County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,472, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clark County's 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), Jones Blackhurst Jan L ES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Gunderson Barry and June MS, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jones Blackhurst Jan L ES. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jones Blackhurst Jan L ES ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 29%: 659 students in 2018 compared to 853 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 40% to 31% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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