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Enrollment
689
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000270
Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School
4225 N Lamont St, Las Vegas, NV 89115 · (702) 799-4930 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL689 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Nevada public elementary schools
- FTest 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
20.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
689 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 | 65 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (115).
Student demographics
65%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
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
23.0%
NV avg 45.8% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
16.4%
NV avg 35.6% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 16.4% |
| 2023-24 | 18.2% | 12.1% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NV schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School
Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School's state test result (17.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School this school | 689 | 100.0% | 17.4% |
| Manch J E Elementary School Las Vegas | 671 | 100.0% | 14.8% |
| Petersen Dean Elementary School Las Vegas | 702 | 100.0% | 16.1% |
| Detwiler Ollie Elementary School Las Vegas | 604 | 100.0% | 16.9% |
| Hayden Don E Elementary School N Las Vegas | 782 | 100.0% | 25.7% |
| Duncan Ruby Elementary School N Las Vegas | 718 | 100.0% | 27.9% |
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 Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #352 of 367 | #239 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #370 of 388 ▲ 6 | #246 of 258 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #359 of 390 ▲ 13 | #240 of 259 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 689 | #67 of 442 | #65 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #320 of 379 | #222 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #147 of 381 | #136 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #91 of 386 | #86 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.3% | #97 of 304 | #64 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
689
-41 (-6%) vs 2020
+7% since 2000-01, when it was 645
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 689 | 33 | 20.9:1 | 100% (689) |
| 2023-24 | 714 | 27 | 26.4:1 | 100% (714) |
| 2022-23 | 696 | 34 | 20.5:1 | 100% (696) |
| 2020-21 | 730 | 44 | 16.6:1 | 100% (730) |
| 2017-18 | 948 | 59 | 16.1:1 | 100% (948) |
| 2015-16 | 856 | 48 | 17.8:1 | 100% (856) |
| 2010-11 | 798 | 42 | 19.0:1 | 91% (728) |
| 2000-01 | 645 | 38 | 17.0:1 | 42% (271) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School.
About Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School
Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Las Vegas, Nevada. There are 689 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 44% larger than the average for elementary schools in Nevada.
The 375 schools in Clark County enroll 301,622 students altogether, Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School among them.
The student body at Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 42%. The remaining shares are 40% Black, 8% multiracial, and 7% White. Clark County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Nevada is 18.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 689 students, or 100%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School lands at F, ahead of 3% of Nevada public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 17.4%, is 15.1 points below the 32.5% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Nevada schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Clark County show that the median household earns about $76,472 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Clark County has 462 public schools with about 360,225 students, including Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School.
Manch J E Elementary School is about 0.1 miles from Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School is 5th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 689, compared with 730 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 16.6:1 to 20.9:1.
This page is set up for the Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School?
Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School enrolls approximately 689 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School have?
Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
How diverse is Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School?
Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School reports a student body of 7% White, 42% Hispanic, 40% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School?
Lowman Mary & Zel 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.