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Enrollment
648
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000357
Mendoza John F Elementary School
2000 S Sloan Ln, Las Vegas, NV 89142 · (702) 799-8680 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL648 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% 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.
- B-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
16.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
648 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 | 43 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
37%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Mendoza John F Elementary School→Keller Duane D Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Clark County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
40.0%
NV avg 45.8% . +10.5pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
NV avg 35.6% . +6.7pp 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 32 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.5% | 25.3% |
% 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
31.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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 Mendoza John F Elementary School
Mendoza John F Elementary School's state test result (31.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendoza John F Elementary School this school | 648 | 100.0% | 31.7% |
| McWilliams J T Elementary School Las Vegas | 627 | 100.0% | 23.3% |
| Harmon Harley Elementary School Las Vegas | 629 | 100.0% | 32.1% |
| Ronzone Bertha Elementary School Las Vegas | 693 | 100.0% | 20.5% |
| Beckley Will Elementary School Las Vegas | 713 | 100.0% | 20.9% |
| Long Walter V Elementary School Las Vegas | 697 | 100.0% | 20.0% |
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 Mendoza John F Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #217 of 367 | #151 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #228 of 388 ▲ 40 | #157 of 258 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #216 of 390 ▲ 58 | #150 of 259 ▲ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 648 | #87 of 442 | #83 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #166 of 379 | #129 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.4% | #346 of 381 | #238 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #114 of 386 | #109 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #172 of 304 | #117 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
648
-90 (-12%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 648 | 40 | 16.2:1 | 100% (648) |
| 2023-24 | 645 | 36 | 17.9:1 | 100% (645) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 36 | 18.5:1 | 100% (666) |
| 2020-21 | 738 | 39 | 18.9:1 | 100% (738) |
| 2017-18 | 807 | 42 | 19.2:1 | 77% (622) |
| 2015-16 | 797 | 32 | 24.9:1 | 83% (665) |
| 2010-11 | 819 | 43 | 19.1:1 | 73% (599) |
| 2000-01 | 928 | 44 | 21.1:1 | 15% (142) |
| 1990-91 | 513 | 24 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mendoza John F Elementary School.
About Mendoza John F Elementary School
Students in Las Vegas, Nevada, attend Mendoza John F Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 648 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Nevada average about 480 students, which makes this school 35% larger than average.
Clark County oversees Mendoza John F Elementary School and 374 other schools, with 301,622 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Mendoza John F Elementary School is 78% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 10% Black, 6% White, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 46 points above the 32% share among Clark County residents. A diversity index of 37% means there is a 37% chance two randomly chosen students at Mendoza John F Elementary School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Mendoza John F Elementary School, there are about 16.2 students; the school has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Nevada is 18.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 648 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 100% of enrollment.
On the allk12 Grade, Mendoza John F Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 42% of Nevada public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mendoza John F Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Nevada schools: 31.7% actual against 32.5% predicted.
Census data for Clark County show median household income comes to about $76,472, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 462 public schools and about 360,225 students.
Mendoza John F Elementary School is about 0.6 miles from Goldfarb Daniel Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 31.7% is above the 26.7% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Mendoza John F Elementary School enrolled 738 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 648. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.2:1.
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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
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Other schools in Clark County
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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
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- Desert Pines High SchoolHigh · 3,011 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,961 students
Nearby schools
- Goldfarb Daniel Elementary School0.6 mi · 598
- Wengert Cyril Elementary School0.7 mi · 513
- Las Vegas High School0.8 mi · 2,510
- Iverson Mervin Elementary School1.1 mi · 540
- Keller Duane D Middle School1.3 mi · 1,062
- Rundle Richard Elementary School1.3 mi · 598
Frequently asked questions
About Mendoza John F Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mendoza John F Elementary School?
Mendoza John F Elementary School enrolls approximately 648 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mendoza John F Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mendoza John F Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Mendoza John F Elementary School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Mendoza John F Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mendoza John F Elementary School?
At Mendoza John F Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 78% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Mendoza John F Elementary School public or private?
Mendoza John F Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.