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Enrollment
702
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000589
Petersen Dean Elementary School
3650 Cambridge St, Las Vegas, NV 89169 · (702) 799-1120 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL702 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Nevada public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
17.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
702 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 | 59 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Petersen Dean Elementary School→Orr William E 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
20.3%
NV avg 45.8% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
15.7%
NV avg 35.6% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.3% | 15.7% |
| 2023-24 | 16.1% | 12.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NV schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Petersen Dean Elementary School
Petersen Dean Elementary School's state test result (16.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petersen Dean Elementary School this school | 702 | 100.0% | 16.1% |
| Manch J E Elementary School Las Vegas | 671 | 100.0% | 14.8% |
| Detwiler Ollie Elementary School Las Vegas | 604 | 100.0% | 16.9% |
| Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School Las Vegas | 689 | 100.0% | 17.4% |
| Duncan Ruby Elementary School N Las Vegas | 718 | 100.0% | 27.9% |
| Smith Hal Elementary School Las Vegas | 709 | 100.0% | 12.3% |
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 Petersen Dean Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #358 of 367 | #243 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #375 of 388 no change | #250 of 258 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #374 of 390 ▲ 5 | #249 of 259 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 702 | #59 of 442 | #57 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #243 of 379 | #182 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #174 of 381 | #151 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #192 of 386 | #187 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.9% | #158 of 304 | #107 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
702
-151 (-18%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 729
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 702 | 40 | 17.6:1 | 100% (702) |
| 2023-24 | 727 | 34 | 21.4:1 | 100% (727) |
| 2022-23 | 779 | 42 | 18.6:1 | 100% (779) |
| 2020-21 | 853 | 44 | 19.4:1 | 100% (853) |
| 2017-18 | 888 | 60 | 14.8:1 | 100% (888) |
| 2015-16 | 853 | 51 | 16.7:1 | 93% (795) |
| 2010-11 | 729 | 39 | 18.7:1 | 95% (693) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Petersen Dean Elementary School.
About Petersen Dean Elementary School
Petersen Dean Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Las Vegas, Nevada. It reports enrollment of 702 students in pre-K through 5. The school is 46% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Nevada.
Clark County, which runs Petersen Dean Elementary School, has 375 schools and 301,622 students.
No group is above 50% at Petersen Dean Elementary School; the largest is Hispanic, at 47%. The rest of enrollment is 37% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% White. Among all residents of Clark County, the Hispanic share is about 32%. The diversity index for Petersen Dean Elementary School is 63%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.6:1. The school has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada is close to this figure. In all, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Petersen Dean Elementary School lands at F, ahead of 1% of Nevada public elementary schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Petersen Dean Elementary School is 32.5%. It actually posts 16.1%, which is 16.4 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Nevada schools.
Census data for Clark County show median household income comes to about $76,472, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 462 public schools and about 360,225 students.
Petersen Dean Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Orr William E Middle School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 21.9% on proficiency, and Petersen Dean Elementary School is below that at 16.1%.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment fell 18% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.6:1) than in 2020-21 (19.4:1).
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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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- Orr William E Middle School0.5 mi · 919
- Thomas Ruby S Elementary School0.6 mi · 682
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- Stewart Helen J1.2 mi · 123
- Rowe Lewis E Elementary School1.3 mi · 614
- Lake Robert E Elementary School1.3 mi · 682
Frequently asked questions
About Petersen Dean Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Petersen Dean Elementary School?
Petersen Dean Elementary School enrolls approximately 702 students in grades PK-05.
Is Petersen Dean Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Petersen Dean Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Petersen Dean Elementary School have?
Petersen Dean Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Petersen Dean Elementary School?
At Petersen Dean Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 47% Hispanic, 37% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Petersen Dean Elementary School public or private?
Petersen Dean 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.