Lied STEM Academy MS

Lied STEM Academy MS is a middle-grades school of roomy scale in Las Vegas, Nevada, run under Clark County, caters to 1,567 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 104% above the state mean of about 767.

Across the 375 schools in Clark County (301,622 students total), Lied STEM Academy MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Lied STEM Academy MS records that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 35% White, 10% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.4:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Lied STEM Academy MS ranks in the top 10% of Nevada public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 32.5%; Lied STEM Academy MS posts 57.0%, +24.4 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Clark County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Clark County's 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), Lied STEM Academy MS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Carl Kay ES, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lied STEM Academy MS comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 34.3%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lied STEM Academy MS has increased 70%, going from 923 students in 2018 to 1,567 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 20% to 10% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 24.9:1 today.

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