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Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000259
McMillan James B Elementary School
7000 Walt Lott Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89128 · (702) 799-4350 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Nevada public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
14.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
460 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 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
68%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
40.2%
NV avg 45.8% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
30.4%
NV avg 35.6% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.2% | 30.4% |
| 2023-24 | 37.6% | 26.4% |
% 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
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% 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 McMillan James B Elementary School
McMillan James B Elementary School's state test result (29.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McMillan James B Elementary School this school | 460 | 100.0% | 29.4% |
| Whitney Elementary School Las Vegas | 410 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| Tartan John Elementary School N Las Vegas | 498 | 100.0% | 24.1% |
| Paradise Prof Dev Elementary School Las Vegas | 429 | 100.0% | 23.8% |
| Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School N Las Vegas | 440 | 100.0% | 32.2% |
| Thiriot Joseph E Elementary School Las Vegas | 607 | 100.0% | 33.8% |
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 McMillan James B Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #240 of 367 | #167 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #250 of 388 ▲ 3 | #172 of 258 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #211 of 390 ▲ 2 | #147 of 259 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #253 of 442 | #206 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #82 of 379 | #69 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #122 of 381 | #117 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #84 of 386 | #79 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.9% | #110 of 304 | #73 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
460
-46 (-9%) vs 2020
-45% since 2000-01, when it was 838
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 460 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 100% (460) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 29 | 17.2:1 | 100% (498) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 34 | 15.5:1 | 100% (526) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 26 | 19.5:1 | 100% (506) |
| 2017-18 | 621 | 32 | 19.4:1 | 100% (621) |
| 2015-16 | 674 | 29 | 23.2:1 | 81% (546) |
| 2010-11 | 731 | 37 | 19.8:1 | 66% (483) |
| 2000-01 | 838 | 45 | 18.6:1 | 24% (203) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McMillan James B Elementary School.
About McMillan James B Elementary School
McMillan James B Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Las Vegas, Nevada, (ZIP code 89128). The school's 460 students are in pre-K through 5.
The 375 schools in Clark County enroll 301,622 students altogether, McMillan James B Elementary School among them.
The most common group at McMillan James B Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 45%. Enrollment also includes 32% Black, 10% White, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 13 points above the 32% share among Clark County residents. McMillan James B Elementary School's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
McMillan James B Elementary School employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.8:1. This ratio sits 3.3 below the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 100% in 2024-25.
McMillan James B Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 35% of Nevada public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Nevada with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 32.5%. McMillan James B Elementary School scores 29.4%.
Clark County has about 2,329,548 residents, and the median household income is $76,472, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides McMillan James B Elementary School, Clark County has 461 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Katz Edythe & Lloyd Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, McMillan James B Elementary School places 3rd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
NCES describes the area around McMillan James B Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
McMillan James B Elementary School's enrollment dropped from 506 in 2020-21 to 460 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.5:1 to 14.8:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at McMillan James B Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Katz Edythe & Lloyd Elementary School0.1 mi · 590
- Cimarron-Memorial High School0.6 mi · 2,483
- Fong Wing and Lilly Elementary School0.8 mi · 609
- Doral Academy Fire Mesa1.1 mi · 993
- Bryan Richard H Elementary School1.1 mi · 465
- Pittman Vail Elementary School1.4 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About McMillan James B Elementary SchoolHow many students attend McMillan James B Elementary School?
McMillan James B Elementary School enrolls approximately 460 students in grades PK-05.
Is McMillan James B Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
McMillan James B Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at McMillan James B Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at McMillan James B Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at McMillan James B Elementary School?
At McMillan James B Elementary School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 45% Hispanic, 32% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees McMillan James B Elementary School?
McMillan James B 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.