Mater Bonanza

Located at 4760 East Bonanza Road, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Mater Bonanza is a roomy primary school that works with 1,113 students (grades pre-K through 8), overseen by State Sponsored Charter Schools. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 132% larger than typical.

State Sponsored Charter Schools comprises 83 schools with combined enrollment of 64,162 students; Mater Bonanza is among them.

Demographically, Mater Bonanza lists that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 4% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Mater Bonanza records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 39.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting Mater Bonanza higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Mater Bonanza qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Mater Bonanza sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 35.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Clark County put the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Mater Bonanza is one.

Robison Dell H MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mater Bonanza. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mater Bonanza at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 26.9%.

The school occupies a city-core site. Mater Bonanza is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mater Bonanza has edged up 46%, going from 760 students in 2018 to 1,113 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 78% to 91%.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.