McDoniel Estes M ES

McDoniel Estes M ES is one of the close-knit K-5 schools in Henderson, Nevada, run under Clark County, with 388 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

McDoniel Estes M ES is one of 375 schools operated by Clark County, a district that educates 301,622 students overall.

Looking at the student body, McDoniel Estes M ES lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 30% White, 12% Black, 12% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, McDoniel Estes M ES lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. 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 residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), McDoniel Estes M ES ranks in the top 10% of Nevada public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 32.5%; McDoniel Estes M ES posts 55.5%, +22.9 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Clark County put 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%. McDoniel Estes M ES is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).

Green Valley HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McDoniel Estes M ES. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McDoniel Estes M ES ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.1%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. McDoniel Estes M ES's enrollment has contracted 34% since 2018, when it stood at 590 (now 388). White enrollment moved from 42% to 30% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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