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Enrollment
853
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000874
Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School
11141 S Pioneer Wy, Las Vegas, NV 89179 · (702) 799-1252 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL853 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Nevada public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
17.4:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
853 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 | 58 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 136 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 129 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 145 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 140 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (136) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (140).
Student demographics
77%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
Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School→Gunderson Barry and June 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
69.1%
NV avg 45.8% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
57.8%
NV avg 35.6% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.1% | 57.8% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 56.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NV schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Nevada's top 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 Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School
Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School's state test result (52.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School this school | 853 | 100.0% | 52.1% |
| Wolff Elise L Elementary School Henderson | 751 | 100.0% | 58.7% |
| Bonner John W Elementary School Las Vegas | 825 | 100.0% | 57.5% |
| Wallin Shirley & Bill Elementary School Henderson | 735 | 100.0% | 56.4% |
| Thompson Tyrone Elementary School Las Vegas | 916 | 100.0% | 47.3% |
| Frias Charles & Phyllis Elementary School Las Vegas | 650 | 100.0% | 52.8% |
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 Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #50 of 367 | #31 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #62 of 388 ▼ 6 | #43 of 258 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #37 of 390 ▼ 3 | #29 of 259 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 853 | #27 of 442 | #25 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #237 of 379 | #179 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.6% | #33 of 381 | #33 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #233 of 386 | #228 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.4% | #4 of 46 | #4 of 38 |
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
853
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 853 | 49 | 17.4:1 | 100% (853) |
| 2023-24 | 851 | 39 | 21.8:1 | 100% (851) |
| 2022-23 | 846 | 41 | 20.6:1 | 100% (846) |
| 2020-21 | 860 | 61 | 14.1:1 | 33% (288) |
| 2017-18 | 659 | 35 | 18.8:1 | 28% (187) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School.
About Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School
Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School serves students in Las Vegas, Nevada, as a large elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 853 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Nevada is about 480, so this school runs 78% larger than that.
Clark County has 301,622 students in 375 schools, and Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School is one of those schools.
Enrollment at Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 31%. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 14% Asian, and 8% Black. In Clark County overall, about 44% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School comes in at 77%.
Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School employs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.4:1. Elementary schools in Nevada average about 18.1:1, a similar figure. Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 100%.
Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 90% of Nevada public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school in Nevada with Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 32.5%. Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School scores 52.1%.
In Clark County (population about 2,329,548), median household income is about $76,472, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 462 public schools operate in Clark County, serving about 360,225 students.
Nearest public school: Gunderson Barry and June Middle School, about 1.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 52.1% against a local average of 48.2%.
The NCES locale for Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 860 in 2020-21 and 853 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.1:1 to 17.4:1.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Gunderson Barry and June Middle School1.2 mi · 1,517
- Desert Oasis High School1.2 mi · 3,300
- Reedom Carolyn S Elementary School1.5 mi · 499
- Doral Academy Cactus1.9 mi · 998
- Thompson Tyrone Elementary School2.0 mi · 916
- Frias Charles & Phyllis Elementary School2.1 mi · 650
Frequently asked questions
About Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School?
Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School enrolls approximately 853 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School serve?
Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School have?
Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School?
Student demographics at Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School are roughly 31% White, 29% Hispanic, 8% Black, 14% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Jones Blackhurst Jan L Elementary School?
Jones Blackhurst Jan L 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.