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Enrollment
1,149
Middle
DISTRICT 1,058 · STATE 767
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000274
Sawyer Grant Middle School
5450 Redwood St, Las Vegas, NV 89118 · (702) 799-5980 · Clark County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,149 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Nevada public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,149 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 85%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 372 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 356 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 421 | 37% |
Student demographics
70%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
Feeds from
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
40.7%
NV avg 45.8% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
22.4%
NV avg 35.6% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.7% | 22.4% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 19.2% |
% 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
28.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% 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 Sawyer Grant Middle School
Sawyer Grant Middle School's state test result (28.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawyer Grant Middle School this school | 1,149 | 100.0% | 28.5% |
| Guinn Kenny C Middle School Las Vegas | 1,069 | 100.0% | 39.4% |
| Lawrence Clifford J Junior High School Las Vegas | 1,227 | 100.0% | 30.2% |
| Silvestri Charles Junior High School Las Vegas | 1,076 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
| Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School Las Vegas | 1,284 | 100.0% | 40.5% |
| Cortney Francis H Junior High School Las Vegas | 1,014 | 100.0% | 13.8% |
Matched among Nevada middle 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 Sawyer Grant Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #48 of 94 | #33 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #47 of 98 ▲ 6 | #29 of 59 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #44 of 98 ▲ 2 | #32 of 59 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,149 | #27 of 113 | #26 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #17 of 94 | #10 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #24 of 94 | #23 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #22 of 95 | #21 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #59 of 68 | #43 of 50 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,149
-82 (-7%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 1,589
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 1,149 | 62 | 18.5:1 | 100% (1,149) |
| 2023-24 | 1,175 | 54 | 21.8:1 | 100% (1,175) |
| 2022-23 | 1,142 | 53 | 21.6:1 | 100% (1,142) |
| 2020-21 | 1,231 | 49 | 25.1:1 | 100% (1,231) |
| 2017-18 | 1,216 | 53 | 22.9:1 | 100% (1,213) |
| 2015-16 | 1,274 | 50 | 25.5:1 | 79% (1,008) |
| 2010-11 | 1,349 | 54 | 25.0:1 | 64% (864) |
| 2000-01 | 1,589 | 64 | 24.8:1 | 22% (343) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sawyer Grant Middle School.
About Sawyer Grant Middle School
Sawyer Grant Middle School is a medium-sized middle school for students in Las Vegas, Nevada. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 1,149 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in Nevada) has about 767 students.
Federal data list 375 schools in Clark County, with 301,622 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Sawyer Grant Middle School, at 46%. Other groups make up 26% Black, 11% Asian, 8% White, and 7% multiracial. County-wide, 32% of Clark County residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 62 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 18.5:1. That is 3.9 students per teacher below the 22.4:1 average for middle schools in Nevada. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%.
Sawyer Grant Middle School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 49% of Nevada public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Sawyer Grant Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (28.5%) and its predicted rate (32.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Nevada schools.
Within Clark County, the median household income is $76,472, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Clark County has 462 public schools and roughly 360,225 students.
The closest other public school is Earl Marion B Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Sawyer Grant Middle School is behind the 36.4% nearby average, ranking 8th of 8.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 1,149 students in 2024-25, 82 fewer than the 1,231 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 25.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.5:1.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Las Vegas
- NV Learning Academy J-SHSHigh · 3,352 students
- Desert Oasis High SchoolHigh · 3,300 students
- Sierra Vista High SchoolHigh · 3,255 students
- Arbor View High SchoolHigh · 3,069 students
- Desert Pines High SchoolHigh · 3,011 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,961 students
Nearby schools
- Earl Marion B Elementary School0.5 mi · 522
- Durango High School0.6 mi · 2,322
- Amplus Rainbow1.0 mi · 628
- Jydstrup Helen Elementary School1.1 mi · 563
- Dondero Harvey N Elementary School1.4 mi · 737
- Kim Frank Elementary School1.5 mi · 430
Frequently asked questions
About Sawyer Grant Middle SchoolHow large is Sawyer Grant Middle School?
Sawyer Grant Middle School enrolls approximately 1,149 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sawyer Grant Middle School serve?
Sawyer Grant Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Sawyer Grant Middle School have?
Sawyer Grant Middle School employs 62 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Sawyer Grant Middle School?
Student demographics at Sawyer Grant Middle School are roughly 8% White, 46% Hispanic, 26% Black, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Sawyer Grant Middle School?
Sawyer Grant Middle 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.