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Miller Sandy Searles ES
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 43% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Miller Sandy Searles ES
Miller Sandy Searles ES is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in Las Vegas, Nevada, overseen by Clark County, with 589 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 23% larger than the typical public school in Nevada, which averages around 480 students.
Clark County comprises 375 schools with combined enrollment of 301,622 students; Miller Sandy Searles ES is among them.
In terms of who attends, Miller Sandy Searles ES reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 75%. The remainder breaks down as 9% White, 9% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. 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.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Miller Sandy Searles ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 42.8%, a residual of +10.3 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Clark County) shows that median household earnings sit near $76,472, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clark County's 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), Miller Sandy Searles ES is one campus in the mix.
Lynch Ann ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Miller Sandy Searles ES at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 22.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Five-year trend. Miller Sandy Searles ES's enrollment has ticked down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 706 (now 589). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 71% to 75% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the Miller Sandy Searles ES community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Clark County at a glance
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