Mendoza John F ES

Set in Las Vegas, Nevada, Mendoza John F ES is a medium-sized K-5 school, operated by Clark County. It teaches 648 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 35% bigger than the typical public school in Nevada, which averages around 480 students.

Clark County runs 375 schools in total, collectively educating 301,622 students. Mendoza John F ES is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Mendoza John F ES records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 10% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting Mendoza John F ES tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Mendoza John F ES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Clark County's 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), Mendoza John F ES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Goldfarb Daniel ES, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mendoza John F ES at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 26.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 20%: 807 students in 2018 compared to 648 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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