Parson Claude & Stella ES

Parson Claude & Stella ES is a modestly sized elementary campus in Las Vegas, Nevada, part of Clark County. The school teaches 323 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 33% leaner than the typical public school in Nevada, which averages around 480 students.

Across the 375 schools in Clark County (301,622 students total), Parson Claude & Stella ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Parson Claude & Stella ES records that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 26% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 32% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Parson Claude & Stella ES records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Parson Claude & Stella 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 19.9%, a residual of -12.6 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,472, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Clark County's 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), Parson Claude & Stella ES is one campus in the mix.

Founders Academy of Las Vegas is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Parson Claude & Stella ES. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Parson Claude & Stella ES ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.3%.

Parson Claude & Stella ES operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 21%: 407 students in 2018 compared to 323 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 21% to 7% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 in 2025.

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