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Enrollment
627
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000055
McWilliams J T Elementary School
1315 Hiawatha Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89108 · (702) 799-4770 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL627 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Nevada public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
17.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
627 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 | 35 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
36%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
27.3%
NV avg 45.8% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
22.6%
NV avg 35.6% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 | 27.3% | 22.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.7% | 18.4% |
% 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
23.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 McWilliams J T Elementary School
McWilliams J T Elementary School's state test result (23.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McWilliams J T Elementary School this school | 627 | 100.0% | 23.3% |
| Mendoza John F Elementary School Las Vegas | 648 | 100.0% | 31.7% |
| Harmon Harley Elementary School Las Vegas | 629 | 100.0% | 32.1% |
| Ronzone Bertha Elementary School Las Vegas | 693 | 100.0% | 20.5% |
| Hewetson Halle Elementary School Las Vegas | 574 | 100.0% | 20.8% |
| Herr Helen Elementary School Las Vegas | 584 | 100.0% | 26.4% |
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 McWilliams J T Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #306 of 367 | #210 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #321 of 388 ▲ 6 | #213 of 258 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #330 of 390 ▲ 1 | #219 of 259 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 627 | #103 of 442 | #97 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #257 of 379 | #188 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.1% | #350 of 381 | #241 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #44 of 386 | #39 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #178 of 304 | #123 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
627
-75 (-11%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 483
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 627 | 35 | 17.9:1 | 100% (627) |
| 2023-24 | 626 | 30 | 20.9:1 | 100% (626) |
| 2022-23 | 684 | 35 | 19.5:1 | 100% (684) |
| 2020-21 | 702 | 38 | 18.5:1 | 100% (702) |
| 2017-18 | 770 | 42 | 18.3:1 | 100% (770) |
| 2015-16 | 724 | 42 | 17.2:1 | 93% (671) |
| 2010-11 | 687 | 40 | 17.2:1 | 85% (585) |
| 2000-01 | 756 | 42 | 18.0:1 | 55% (417) |
| 1990-91 | 483 | 32 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McWilliams J T Elementary School.
About McWilliams J T Elementary School
Among the schools in Las Vegas, Nevada, is McWilliams J T Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment totals 627 students across pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Nevada, the average enrollment is about 480.
McWilliams J T Elementary School reports to Clark County, which has 375 schools and 301,622 students.
The student body at McWilliams J T Elementary School is 79% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 10% Black, 6% White, and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 32%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 36%.
A staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 17.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Nevada is similar, at 18.1:1. By family income, 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Nevada public elementary schools, McWilliams J T Elementary School outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 32.5% for a school in Nevada with McWilliams J T Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. McWilliams J T Elementary School posts 23.3%.
The school is in Clark County, where median household income comes to about $76,472, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clark County counts 462 public schools with about 360,225 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Culley Paul E Elementary School, is about 0.6 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, McWilliams J T Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
McWilliams J T Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 11% decline, from 702 to 627.
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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
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- 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
- Culley Paul E Elementary School0.6 mi · 583
- Western High School0.8 mi · 2,761
- Gibson Robert O MS Leadership Academy0.8 mi · 1,152
- Ronzone Bertha Elementary School0.9 mi · 693
- Hancock Doris Elementary School1.0 mi · 420
- Pittman Vail Elementary School1.2 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About McWilliams J T Elementary SchoolHow many students attend McWilliams J T Elementary School?
McWilliams J T Elementary School enrolls approximately 627 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does McWilliams J T Elementary School serve?
McWilliams J T Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at McWilliams J T Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at McWilliams J T Elementary School is approximately 17.9:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is McWilliams J T Elementary School?
McWilliams J T Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 79% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is McWilliams J T Elementary School in?
McWilliams J T Elementary School is part of Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.