Orr William E MS

Orr William E MS is a moderately sized middle school in Las Vegas, Nevada, part of Clark County. The school works with 919 students in grades 6 through 8.

Clark County comprises 375 schools with combined enrollment of 301,622 students; Orr William E MS is among them.

Looking at the student body, Orr William E MS logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 32% Black, 6% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Orr William E MS has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 27.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.4:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Orr William E MS sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 32.5%; actual is 10.7%, a gap of -21.9 points.

In the broader community, Clark County reports 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%. Orr William E MS is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).

Thomas Ruby S 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 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Orr William E MS ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 23.0%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Orr William E MS's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,000 (now 919). Black enrollment moved from 24% to 32% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 27.0:1 today.

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