Mater Mountain Vista

Set in Las Vegas, Nevada, Mater Mountain Vista is a large elementary campus, operated by State Sponsored Charter Schools. It instructs 1,103 students across grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 130% bigger than the state mean of about 480.

Across the 83 schools in State Sponsored Charter Schools (64,162 students total), Mater Mountain Vista accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Mater Mountain Vista records that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 6% Black, 5% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Mater Mountain Vista has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 46.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mater Mountain Vista tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.2%.

Zooming out to the county, 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 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 Mountain Vista is one.

Smith Hal ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mater Mountain Vista ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 21.8%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. Mater Mountain Vista operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 11%: 996 students in 2018 compared to 1,103 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 76% to 83% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 46.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Mater Mountain Vista community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.