Mater Academy East

Mater Academy East is one of the well-populated multi-level schools in Las Vegas, Nevada, overseen by State Sponsored Charter Schools, with 2,492 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 131% larger than the typical public school in Nevada, which averages around 1,078 students.

State Sponsored Charter Schools runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 64,162 students. Mater Academy East is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Mater Academy East logs that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 11% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Mater Academy East has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 46.8:1. The state averages around 22.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mater Academy East sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 34.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Clark County's 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), Mater Academy East is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Gragson Oran K ES, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mater Academy East comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 25.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. Mater Academy East is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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