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Molasky Irwin & Susan JHS
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Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Molasky Irwin & Susan JHS
As a reasonably sized intermediate school in Las Vegas, Nevada, Molasky Irwin & Susan JHS serves 912 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Clark County.
Clark County runs 375 schools in total, collectively educating 301,622 students. Molasky Irwin & Susan JHS is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Molasky Irwin & Susan JHS records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% Black, 14% White, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.4:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Molasky Irwin & Susan JHS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 19.0%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Clark County) records that median household earnings sit near $76,472, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Molasky Irwin & Susan JHS is one.
Kahre Marc ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Molasky Irwin & Susan JHS ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Five-year trend. Molasky Irwin & Susan JHS's enrollment has declined 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,118 (now 912). Over the same period, the White share fell from 18% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 today.
On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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