Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Springs

Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Springs is a tight-knit primary school in Las Vegas, Nevada, overseen by State Sponsored Charter Schools. The school enrolls 277 students in grades K through 4. That puts it 42% below the typical public school in Nevada, which averages around 480 students.

State Sponsored Charter Schools comprises 83 schools with combined enrollment of 64,162 students; Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Springs is among them.

In terms of who attends, Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Springs lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 17% Black, 16% White, 9% multiracial, 9% Asian. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 30.8:1. 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 number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Springs sits in the top 10% of Nevada schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 32.5%; actual is 58.4%, +25.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, Clark County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Springs is one.

Nevada State High School Summerlin is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an urban site. Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Springs is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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