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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000061
Park John S Elementary School
931 Franklin Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89104 · (702) 799-7904 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Nevada public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
17.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
551 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 | 36 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
51%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
Park John S Elementary School→Martin Roy W 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
30.9%
NV avg 45.8% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
27.4%
NV avg 35.6% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.9% | 27.4% |
| 2023-24 | 28.7% | 23.1% |
% 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
27.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% 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 Park John S Elementary School
Park John S Elementary School's state test result (27.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park John S Elementary School this school | 551 | 100.0% | 27.5% |
| Red Rock Elementary School Las Vegas | 546 | 100.0% | 26.1% |
| Roundy Dr C Owen Elementary School Las Vegas | 617 | 100.0% | 21.2% |
| Ullom J M Elementary School Las Vegas | 623 | 100.0% | 32.4% |
| Hollingsworth Howard Elementary School Las Vegas | 517 | 100.0% | 23.5% |
| Hickey Liliam Lujan Elementary School Las Vegas | 617 | 100.0% | 21.3% |
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 Park John S Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #257 of 367 | #178 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #269 of 388 ▲ 16 | #183 of 258 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #299 of 390 ▼ 9 | #201 of 259 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #158 of 442 | #144 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #221 of 379 | #166 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.9% | #275 of 381 | #191 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #47 of 386 | #42 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.0% | #68 of 304 | #42 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
551
-85 (-13%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 686
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 551 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 100% (551) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 100% (538) |
| 2022-23 | 572 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 100% (572) |
| 2020-21 | 636 | 36 | 17.7:1 | 100% (636) |
| 2017-18 | 799 | 43 | 18.6:1 | 100% (799) |
| 2015-16 | 791 | 43 | 18.4:1 | 94% (741) |
| 2010-11 | 833 | 49 | 17.0:1 | 90% (752) |
| 2000-01 | 899 | 54 | 16.6:1 | 72% (650) |
| 1990-91 | 686 | 37 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Park John S Elementary School.
About Park John S Elementary School
Park John S Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Las Vegas, Nevada. It enrolls 551 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
Clark County runs Park John S Elementary School along with 374 other schools, enrolling 301,622 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Park John S Elementary School is Hispanic: 67%. Other groups include 17% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The county population is about 32% Hispanic. The diversity index for Park John S Elementary School is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Park John S Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1, with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Park John S Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 30% of Nevada public elementary schools.
A school with Park John S Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Nevada is predicted to score 32.5%. Park John S Elementary School scores 27.5%, 5.0 points below that line.
Clark County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $76,472, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 462 public schools in the county, enrolling about 360,225, Park John S Elementary School among them.
Park John S Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from Global Community High School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Park John S Elementary School ranks 4th of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 27.5% against a local average of 31.6%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 636 (2020-21) to 551 (2024-25).
This page collects posts and questions about Park John S Elementary School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Clark County
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- Sierra Vista High SchoolHigh · 3,255 students
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- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 3,147 students
- Arbor View High SchoolHigh · 3,069 students
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
- Arbor View High SchoolHigh · 3,069 students
- Desert Pines High SchoolHigh · 3,011 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,961 students
Nearby schools
- Global Community High School0.4 mi · 188
- Central Technical Training Academy0.4 mi · 92
- Fremont John C Professional Dev Middle School0.5 mi · 651
- Innovations Int'l Charter Elementary School0.7 mi · 365
- Strong Start Academy0.7 mi · 216
- Innovations Int'l Charter J-SHS0.7 mi · 287
Frequently asked questions
About Park John S Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Park John S Elementary School?
Park John S Elementary School enrolls approximately 551 students in grades PK-05.
Is Park John S Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Park John S Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Park John S Elementary School have?
Park John S Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Park John S Elementary School?
At Park John S Elementary School, the student body is approximately 8% White, 67% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Park John S Elementary School public or private?
Park John S 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.