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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000400
May Ernest Elementary School
6350 W Washburn Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89130 · (702) 799-4690 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of Nevada public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
16.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
580 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 | 46 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
69%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
May Ernest Elementary School→Swainston Theron L Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Clark County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
59.1%
NV avg 45.8% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
46.1%
NV avg 35.6% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.1% | 46.1% |
| 2023-24 | 51.1% | 38.1% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nevada's top nor bottom 10%.
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 May Ernest Elementary School
May Ernest Elementary School's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| May Ernest Elementary School this school | 580 | 100.0% | 38.9% |
| Mack Nate Elementary School Henderson | 484 | 100.0% | 46.9% |
| Eisenberg Dorothy Elementary School Las Vegas | 497 | 100.0% | 35.0% |
| Bartlett Selma F Elementary School Henderson | 495 | 100.0% | 43.1% |
| Hill Charlotte Elementary School Las Vegas | 471 | 100.0% | 46.8% |
| Rhodes Betsy Elementary School Las Vegas | 570 | 100.0% | 40.8% |
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 May Ernest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #132 of 367 | #90 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #132 of 388 ▲ 24 | #93 of 258 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #89 of 390 ▲ 28 | #65 of 259 ▲ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #136 of 442 | #129 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #181 of 379 | #138 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #110 of 381 | #107 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #133 of 386 | #128 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #282 of 304 | #191 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
580
+27 (+5%) vs 2020
-36% since 2000-01, when it was 900
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 580 | 35 | 16.6:1 | 100% (580) |
| 2023-24 | 582 | 30 | 19.4:1 | 100% (582) |
| 2022-23 | 584 | 32 | 18.3:1 | 100% (584) |
| 2020-21 | 553 | 27 | 20.5:1 | 100% (553) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 33 | 18.4:1 | 50% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 622 | 34 | 18.3:1 | 54% (333) |
| 2010-11 | 758 | 38 | 19.9:1 | 35% (262) |
| 2000-01 | 900 | 46 | 19.6:1 | 10% (89) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for May Ernest Elementary School.
About May Ernest Elementary School
May Ernest Elementary School is one of the public schools in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 580 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Nevada have about 480 students on average; enrollment here is 21% higher.
May Ernest Elementary School is part of a district of 375 schools: Clark County, with 301,622 students.
Hispanic students make up 45% of enrollment at May Ernest Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 29% White, 12% Black, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Clark County overall, about 32% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at May Ernest Elementary School are from different groups.
With 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.6:1. Elementary schools in Nevada average 18.1:1, 1.5 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 100% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
May Ernest Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 65% of Nevada public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, May Ernest Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Nevada schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.9%; the prediction is 32.5%.
In Clark County, median household income comes to about $76,472, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 462, with about 360,225 students.
TEACH Las Vegas is about 0.8 miles from May Ernest Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 38.4%, lower than May Ernest Elementary School's 38.9%.
In the federal locale system, May Ernest Elementary School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count increased 5% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 16.6 students per teacher, compared with 20.5 in 2020-21.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Clark County
- NV Learning Academy J-SHSHigh · 3,352 students
- Desert Oasis High SchoolHigh · 3,300 students
- Sierra Vista High SchoolHigh · 3,255 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 3,203 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 3,147 students
- Arbor View High SchoolHigh · 3,069 students
Other schools in Las Vegas
- NV Learning Academy J-SHSHigh · 3,352 students
- Desert Oasis High SchoolHigh · 3,300 students
- Sierra Vista High SchoolHigh · 3,255 students
- Arbor View High SchoolHigh · 3,069 students
- Desert Pines High SchoolHigh · 3,011 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,961 students
Nearby schools
- TEACH Las Vegas0.8 mi · 383
- Carl Kay Elementary School1.0 mi · 630
- Somerset Academy Lone Mountain1.0 mi · 990
- Neal Joseph M Elementary School1.2 mi · 458
- Lied STEM Academy Middle School1.4 mi · 1,567
- Deskin Ruthe Elementary School1.5 mi · 491
Frequently asked questions
About May Ernest Elementary SchoolHow large is May Ernest Elementary School?
May Ernest Elementary School enrolls approximately 580 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does May Ernest Elementary School serve?
May Ernest Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at May Ernest Elementary School?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at May Ernest Elementary School.
How diverse is May Ernest Elementary School?
May Ernest Elementary School reports a student body of 29% White, 45% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees May Ernest Elementary School?
May Ernest 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.