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Enrollment
637
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000758
O Roarke Thomas Elementary School
8455 O'Hare Road, Las Vegas, NV 89143 · (702) 799-6600 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL637 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Nevada public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
16.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
637 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 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (118).
Student demographics
63%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
69.9%
NV avg 45.8% . +5.9pp since 2023
Math
60.6%
NV avg 35.6% . -3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.9% | 60.6% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 64.3% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NV schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in Nevada's top 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 O Roarke Thomas Elementary School
O Roarke Thomas Elementary School's state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| O Roarke Thomas Elementary School this school | 637 | 100.0% | 57.9% |
| Ward Kitty McDonough Elementary School Las Vegas | 691 | 100.0% | 48.3% |
| Walker J Marlan Int'l School Elementary School Henderson | 549 | 100.0% | 42.6% |
| Floyd Elementary School Pahrump | 578 | 100.0% | 34.4% |
| East Valley Elementary School Fernley | 518 | 100.0% | 45.6% |
| Smalley James E & A Rae Elementary School Henderson | 710 | 100.0% | 65.2% |
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 O Roarke Thomas Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #28 of 367 | #18 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #48 of 388 ▼ 19 | #32 of 258 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #32 of 390 ▲ 16 | #24 of 259 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 637 | #92 of 442 | #87 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #194 of 379 | #146 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #173 of 381 | #150 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #223 of 386 | #218 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.9% | #138 of 304 | #94 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
637
-113 (-15%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 748
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 637 | 38 | 16.8:1 | 100% (637) |
| 2023-24 | 632 | 38 | 16.6:1 | 100% (632) |
| 2022-23 | 758 | 41 | 18.5:1 | 100% (758) |
| 2020-21 | 750 | 35 | 21.4:1 | 34% (252) |
| 2017-18 | 826 | 43 | 19.2:1 | 26% (216) |
| 2015-16 | 840 | 44 | 19.1:1 | 26% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 748 | 39 | 19.2:1 | 21% (158) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for O Roarke Thomas Elementary School.
About O Roarke Thomas Elementary School
In Las Vegas, Nevada, O Roarke Thomas Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. The school's enrollment of 637 students covers pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Nevada average about 480 students each.
O Roarke Thomas Elementary School is part of Clark County, where 375 schools serve 301,622 students.
White students make up a majority at O Roarke Thomas Elementary School, at 54%. The remaining shares are 26% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Black, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Clark County's population at about 44%. O Roarke Thomas Elementary School's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 38 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 16.8:1. That is 1.3 students per teacher below the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. O Roarke Thomas Elementary School reports 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades O Roarke Thomas Elementary School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Nevada public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
O Roarke Thomas Elementary School is 25.3 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Nevada.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Clark County show that the median household income is $76,472, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. O Roarke Thomas Elementary School is one of 462 public schools in the county.
Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School is the closest public school, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. O Roarke Thomas Elementary School comes in 1st of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns O Roarke Thomas Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 15% from 2020-21, when O Roarke Thomas Elementary School had 750 students, to 2024-25, when it had 637. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 21.4:1 to 16.8:1.
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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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Nearby schools
- Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School1.2 mi · 536
- Bilbray James Elementary School1.2 mi · 693
- Arbor View High School1.9 mi · 3,069
- Thompson Sandra L Elementary School2.1 mi · 628
- Rhodes Betsy Elementary School2.2 mi · 570
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Frequently asked questions
About O Roarke Thomas Elementary SchoolHow many students attend O Roarke Thomas Elementary School?
O Roarke Thomas Elementary School enrolls approximately 637 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does O Roarke Thomas Elementary School serve?
O Roarke Thomas Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at O Roarke Thomas Elementary School?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at O Roarke Thomas Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at O Roarke Thomas Elementary School?
Student demographics at O Roarke Thomas Elementary School are roughly 54% White, 26% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is O Roarke Thomas Elementary School in?
O Roarke Thomas Elementary School is part of Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.