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Lummis William ES
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Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 55% 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 23 points, placing it in Nevada's top 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Lummis William ES
Lummis William ES is a moderately sized K-5 school in Las Vegas, Nevada, one of the schools within Clark County. The school hosts 503 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Clark County runs 375 schools in total, collectively educating 301,622 students. Lummis William ES is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Lummis William ES logs that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 29% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 9% Asian, 7% Black. Compared to Clark County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, Lummis William ES is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 55.4%, a residual of +22.9 points.
Zooming out to the county, Clark County reports that median household income runs about $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), Lummis William ES is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Discovery Charter School HillPointe, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lummis William ES. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lummis William ES ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.1%.
The school occupies an urban site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 507 students in 2018 compared to 503 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 58% to 40%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Clark County at a glance
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