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Signature Preparatory
About Signature Preparatory
Signature Preparatory is a K-5 school of high-enrollment scale in Henderson, Nevada, operated by State Sponsored Charter Schools, instructing 964 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 101% larger than the typical public school in Nevada, which averages around 480 students.
State Sponsored Charter Schools runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 64,162 students. Signature Preparatory is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Signature Preparatory logs that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 19% White, 15% Black, 13% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, Signature Preparatory has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 34.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting Signature Preparatory higher than the state norm the norm. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Clark County's rate of about 93%.
In the surrounding community, Clark County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,472, 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 Signature Preparatory is one.
Taylor Robert L ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in an urban area. Signature Preparatory operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
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