May Ernest ES

May Ernest ES operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in Las Vegas, Nevada, part of Clark County. Current enrollment sits at 580 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% bigger than the state mean of about 480.

Across the 375 schools in Clark County (301,622 students total), May Ernest ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, May Ernest ES lists that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% White, 12% Black, 10% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, May Ernest ES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 38.9%.

In the surrounding community, Clark County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Clark County's 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), May Ernest ES is one campus in the mix.

TEACH Las Vegas is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around May Ernest ES. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), May Ernest ES ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.4%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at May Ernest ES has ticked down 5%, going from 608 students in 2018 to 580 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 32% to 45% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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