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Which teacher or staff member at McCaw Gordon ES deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
730
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000038
McCaw Gordon Elementary School
330 Tin Street, Henderson, NV 89015 · (702) 799-8930 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL730 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of Nevada public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
17.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
730 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 | 64 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
74%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
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
83.2%
NV avg 45.8% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
78.5%
NV avg 35.6% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.2% | 78.5% |
| 2023-24 | 77.8% | 73.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NV schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+35.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 36 points, placing it in Nevada's top 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 McCaw Gordon Elementary School
McCaw Gordon Elementary School's state test result (68.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCaw Gordon Elementary School this school | 730 | 100.0% | 68.3% |
| Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School Las Vegas | 696 | 100.0% | 50.6% |
| Stevens Josh Elementary School Henderson | 819 | 100.0% | 44.2% |
| Darnell Marshall C Elementary School Las Vegas | 632 | 100.0% | 42.0% |
| Triggs Vincent L Elementary School N Las Vegas | 798 | 100.0% | 37.9% |
| Goynes Theron H & Naomi D Elementary School N Las Vegas | 675 | 100.0% | 41.0% |
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 McCaw Gordon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #8 of 367 | #6 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #7 of 388 no change | #4 of 258 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.2% | #6 of 390 ▲ 3 | #5 of 259 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 730 | #44 of 442 | #42 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #255 of 379 | #186 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.8% | #53 of 381 | #53 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #34 of 386 | #29 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #41 of 46 | #33 of 38 |
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
730
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 778
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 730 | 41 | 17.8:1 | 100% (730) |
| 2023-24 | 742 | 40 | 18.6:1 | 100% (742) |
| 2022-23 | 747 | 42 | 17.8:1 | 100% (747) |
| 2020-21 | 739 | 38 | 19.4:1 | 100% (739) |
| 2017-18 | 725 | 43.5 | 16.7:1 | 58% (418) |
| 2015-16 | 624 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 66% (411) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 36 | 17.1:1 | 60% (370) |
| 2000-01 | 690 | 38 | 18.2:1 | 29% (203) |
| 1990-91 | 778 | 41 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McCaw Gordon Elementary School.
About McCaw Gordon Elementary School
McCaw Gordon Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school that serves part of Henderson, Nevada. The school has 730 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 480 students for elementary schools in Nevada.
The district, Clark County, has 301,622 students enrolled across 375 schools.
The student body at McCaw Gordon Elementary School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 37%. Other groups make up 30% White, 14% Black, 11% multiracial, and 7% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.8 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in Nevada is similar, at 18.1:1. Of all students at McCaw Gordon Elementary School, 100% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
McCaw Gordon Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 98% of Nevada public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for McCaw Gordon Elementary School is +35.8 points, in the top 10% of Nevada. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 68.3%, and the predicted rate is 32.5%.
In the surrounding county, 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 has 462 public schools and about 360,225 students.
Nevada State High School Downtown Henderson is about 0.2 miles from McCaw Gordon Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 4 closest schools with test data, this one included, McCaw Gordon Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 739 in 2020-21, 730 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.4:1 to 17.8:1.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at McCaw Gordon Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
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- Sierra Vista High SchoolHigh · 3,255 students
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- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 3,147 students
- Arbor View High SchoolHigh · 3,069 students
Other schools in Henderson
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 3,203 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 3,147 students
- Green Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,436 students
- Foothill High SchoolHigh · 2,406 students
- Basic Academy of Int'l Studies High SchoolHigh · 2,395 students
- Pinecrest Academy of Nevada CadenceCombined · 2,370 students
Nearby schools
- Nevada State High School Downtown Henderson0.2 mi · 100
- Signature Preparatory0.6 mi · 964
- Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science0.7 mi · 495
- Taylor Robert L Elementary School0.8 mi · 430
- Newton Ulis Elementary School0.9 mi · 526
- Basic Academy of Int'l Studies High School1.1 mi · 2,395
Frequently asked questions
About McCaw Gordon Elementary SchoolHow many students attend McCaw Gordon Elementary School?
McCaw Gordon Elementary School enrolls approximately 730 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does McCaw Gordon Elementary School serve?
McCaw Gordon Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at McCaw Gordon Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at McCaw Gordon Elementary School is approximately 17.8:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is McCaw Gordon Elementary School?
McCaw Gordon Elementary School reports a student body of 30% White, 37% Hispanic, 14% Black, 7% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees McCaw Gordon Elementary School?
McCaw Gordon 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.