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Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Sloan Canyon
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 125 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 129 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 135 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 158 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 155 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 187 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 239 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 298 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 233 | 10% |
| Grade 11 | 200 | 9% |
| Grade 12 | 149 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is 48% smaller than its 8th grade class (239).
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 6 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.6% | 70.6% |
| 2023-24 | 73.7% | 65.1% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Nevada's top 10%.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,268 | 91 | 24.9:1 | 20% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 2,183 | 93.5 | 23.4:1 | 21% (457) |
| 2022-23 | 2,048 | 79 | 25.9:1 | 20% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 1,473 | 70 | 21.0:1 | 18% (258) |
About Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Sloan Canyon
Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Sloan Canyon is a large school serving multiple grade levels in Henderson, Nevada, (ZIP code 89044). The school enrolls 2,268 students in kindergarten through 12. Combined schools in Nevada average about 1,078 students, which makes this school 110% larger than average.
Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Sloan Canyon is run by State Sponsored Charter Schools, whose 83 schools enroll 64,162 students.
White students account for 35% of enrollment at Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Sloan Canyon, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 26% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 14% multiracial, and 4% Black. County-wide, 44% of Clark County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 76%.
A staff of 91 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 24.9:1. The gap from the 22.6:1 average for combined schools in Nevada is 2.3 students per teacher. By family income, 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 93% average for public schools in Clark County is 73 points.
Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Sloan Canyon is 16.8 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Nevada.
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 about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 462 public schools in the county, enrolling about 360,225, Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Sloan Canyon among them.
Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary School sits about 1.4 miles from Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Sloan Canyon. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Sloan Canyon is 3rd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Sloan Canyon the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area. Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Sloan Canyon is a publicly funded charter school.
The 2020-21 count was 1,473 students and the 2024-25 count was 2,268. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. Students per teacher increased from 21.0 in 2020-21 to 24.9 in 2024-25.
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