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Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000623
Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School
9371 Iron Mountain Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89143 · (702) 799-3401 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Nevada public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
536 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 | 41 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
72%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
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
64.8%
NV avg 45.8% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
56.1%
NV avg 35.6% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.8% | 56.1% |
| 2023-24 | 64.6% | 53.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NV schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% 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 19 points, placing it in Nevada's top 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 Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School
Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School this school | 536 | 100.0% | 51.3% |
| Rhodes Betsy Elementary School Las Vegas | 570 | 100.0% | 40.8% |
| Brown Hannah Marie Elementary School Henderson | 626 | 100.0% | 47.5% |
| Newton Ulis Elementary School Henderson | 526 | 100.0% | 43.1% |
| Galloway Fay Elementary School Henderson | 453 | 100.0% | 37.4% |
| Bilbray James Elementary School Las Vegas | 693 | 100.0% | 44.9% |
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 Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #51 of 367 | #32 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #70 of 388 ▼ 3 | #47 of 258 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #58 of 390 ▼ 12 | #43 of 259 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #173 of 442 | #158 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #104 of 379 | #86 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.7% | #78 of 381 | #78 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #196 of 386 | #191 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.1% | #124 of 304 | #84 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
536
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 669
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 536 | 35 | 15.3:1 | 100% (536) |
| 2023-24 | 540 | 30 | 18.0:1 | 100% (540) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 100% (520) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 28 | 19.3:1 | 100% (539) |
| 2017-18 | 706 | 39 | 18.1:1 | 100% (706) |
| 2015-16 | 689 | 35 | 19.7:1 | 34% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 669 | 35 | 19.1:1 | 29% (196) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School.
About Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School
Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Las Vegas, Nevada. The student body numbers 536 students, from pre-K through 5.
Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School is run by Clark County, whose 375 schools enroll 301,622 students.
White students are the largest group at Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School, with 41% of enrollment. Next come 29% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 12% Black, and 4% Asian. County-wide, about 44% of residents are White. Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Nevada is 18.1:1, higher than at this school. Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 100%.
allk12 grades Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Nevada public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Nevada with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 32.5%. Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School posts 51.3%, 18.8 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Clark County has about 2,329,548 residents, and median household income is about $76,472, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 462 public schools in Clark County, with a combined enrollment of about 360,225.
The next-closest public school is Bilbray James Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School at 2nd of 7.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 539 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 536. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.3:1) than in 2020-21 (19.3:1).
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School?
Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School enrolls approximately 536 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School serve?
Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School have?
Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School?
Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School reports a student body of 41% White, 29% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Scherkenbach William & Mary Elementary School?
Scherkenbach William & Mary 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.