Petersen Dean ES

Located at 3650 Cambridge St, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Petersen Dean ES is a mid-sized elementary-level community that instructs 702 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Clark County. Enrollment runs roughly 46% bigger than the state mean of about 480.

Petersen Dean ES is one of 375 schools operated by Clark County, a district that instructs 301,622 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Petersen Dean ES shows that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 37% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% White. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Petersen Dean ES has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. The state averages about 18.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Petersen Dean ES falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 32.5%; this one comes in at 16.1%, -16.4 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Clark County) records that median household earnings sit near $76,472, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Petersen Dean ES is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).

The closest other public school is Orr William E MS, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Petersen Dean ES comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 21.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Petersen Dean ES has contracted 21%, going from 888 students in 2018 to 702 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 32% to 37%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

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