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Enrollment
702
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000584
Priest Richard C Elementary School
4150 Fuselier Dr, N Las Vegas, NV 89032 · (702) 799-6200 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL702 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Nevada public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
18.5:1
38 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 | 71 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (129).
Student demographics
59%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
Priest Richard C Elementary School→Swainston Theron L 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
39.8%
NV avg 45.8% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
31.4%
NV avg 35.6% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.8% | 31.4% |
| 2023-24 | 36.6% | 32.3% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nevada's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Priest Richard C Elementary School
Priest Richard C Elementary School's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priest Richard C Elementary School this school | 702 | 100.0% | 35.0% |
| Reed Doris M Elementary School Las Vegas | 578 | 100.0% | 24.7% |
| Bunker Berkeley L Elementary School Las Vegas | 586 | 100.0% | 22.1% |
| Dearing Laura Elementary School Las Vegas | 600 | 100.0% | 17.8% |
| Cortez Manuel J Elementary School Las Vegas | 661 | 100.0% | 29.0% |
| Watson Fredric W Elementary School N Las Vegas | 633 | 100.0% | 24.5% |
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 Priest Richard C Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #172 of 367 | #120 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #238 of 388 ▼ 33 | #164 of 258 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #218 of 390 ▲ 5 | #152 of 259 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 702 | #58 of 442 | #56 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #288 of 379 | #207 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #209 of 381 | #166 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #187 of 386 | #182 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #281 of 304 | #190 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
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 792
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 38 | 18.5:1 | 100% (702) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 36 | 19.1:1 | 100% (687) |
| 2022-23 | 661 | 37 | 17.9:1 | 100% (661) |
| 2020-21 | 694 | 38 | 18.3:1 | 100% (694) |
| 2017-18 | 737 | 48 | 15.3:1 | 100% (734) |
| 2015-16 | 831 | 43 | 19.3:1 | 82% (679) |
| 2010-11 | 792 | 41 | 19.3:1 | 65% (516) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Priest Richard C Elementary School.
About Priest Richard C Elementary School
Among the schools in N Las Vegas, Nevada, is Priest Richard C Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Its 702 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 46% above the 480 average for elementary schools in Nevada.
Clark County has a total of 375 schools and 301,622 students, Priest Richard C Elementary School among them.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Priest Richard C Elementary School, at 57%. The remaining students are 27% Black, 8% multiracial, and 6% White. Census figures show Clark County is about 32% Hispanic. Priest Richard C Elementary School's diversity index is 59%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 38 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 18.5:1. That is close to the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Priest Richard C Elementary School is 100%.
Measured against Nevada public elementary schools, Priest Richard C Elementary School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Nevada with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 32.5%. Priest Richard C Elementary School scores 35.0%.
Census estimates describe Clark County this way: the median household income is $76,472, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Priest Richard C Elementary School, Clark County has 461 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Cheyenne High School, is about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Priest Richard C Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 5 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Priest Richard C Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 694 to 702.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Priest Richard C Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Clark County
- NV Learning Academy J-SHSHigh · 3,352 students
- Desert Oasis High SchoolHigh · 3,300 students
- Sierra Vista High SchoolHigh · 3,255 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 3,203 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 3,147 students
- Arbor View High SchoolHigh · 3,069 students
Other schools in N Las Vegas
- Canyon Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,812 students
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,682 students
- Mojave High SchoolHigh · 2,487 students
- Cheyenne High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Cram Brian & Teri Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,431 students
- Findlay Clifford O Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,333 students
Nearby schools
- Cheyenne High School0.4 mi · 1,855
- Acceleration Academy0.5 mi · 2,092
- Swainston Theron L Middle School0.7 mi · 1,020
- Bruner Lucile Elementary School0.8 mi · 514
- Explore Academy0.9 mi · 356
- Nevada State High School North Las Vegas1.2 mi · 55
Frequently asked questions
About Priest Richard C Elementary SchoolHow large is Priest Richard C Elementary School?
Priest Richard C Elementary School enrolls approximately 702 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Priest Richard C Elementary School serve?
Priest Richard C Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Priest Richard C Elementary School?
Approximately 18.5:1 students per teacher at Priest Richard C Elementary School.
How diverse is Priest Richard C Elementary School?
Priest Richard C Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 57% Hispanic, 27% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Priest Richard C Elementary School?
Priest Richard C Elementary School is overseen by Clark County in Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.