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Enrollment
1,076
Middle
DISTRICT 1,058 · STATE 767
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000475
Silvestri Charles Junior High School
1055 Silverado Ranch Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89123 · (702) 799-2240 · Clark County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,076 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Nevada public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
19.2:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,076 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 | 350 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 370 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 356 | 33% |
Student demographics
78%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
38.5%
NV avg 45.8% . +9.3pp since 2023
Math
18.6%
NV avg 35.6% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.5% | 18.6% |
| 2023-24 | 29.2% | 12.6% |
% 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
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 Silvestri Charles Junior High School
Silvestri Charles Junior High School's state test result (25.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silvestri Charles Junior High School this school | 1,076 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
| Lawrence Clifford J Junior High School Las Vegas | 1,227 | 100.0% | 30.2% |
| Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School Las Vegas | 1,284 | 100.0% | 40.5% |
| Fertitta Victoria Middle School Las Vegas | 1,172 | 100.0% | 44.8% |
| Sawyer Grant Middle School Las Vegas | 1,149 | 100.0% | 28.5% |
| Guinn Kenny C Middle School Las Vegas | 1,069 | 100.0% | 39.4% |
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 Silvestri Charles Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #55 of 94 | #36 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #62 of 98 ▲ 7 | #37 of 59 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #48 of 98 ▲ 13 | #34 of 59 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,076 | #30 of 113 | #29 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #24 of 94 | #15 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.4% | #4 of 94 | #4 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #33 of 95 | #32 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.7% | #5 of 68 | #2 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
1,076
-339 (-24%) vs 2020
-46% since 2000-01, when it was 1,984
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 28.9:1
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 | 1,076 | 56 | 19.2:1 | 100% (1,076) |
| 2023-24 | 1,144 | 48 | 23.8:1 | 100% (1,144) |
| 2022-23 | 1,258 | 57 | 22.1:1 | 100% (1,258) |
| 2020-21 | 1,415 | 49 | 28.9:1 | 100% (1,415) |
| 2017-18 | 1,624 | 61 | 26.6:1 | 51% (831) |
| 2015-16 | 1,650 | 67 | 24.6:1 | 58% (954) |
| 2010-11 | 1,533 | 63 | 24.3:1 | 41% (634) |
| 2000-01 | 1,984 | 83 | 23.9:1 | 9% (169) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Silvestri Charles Junior High School.
About Silvestri Charles Junior High School
Silvestri Charles Junior High School is a middle school in Las Vegas, Nevada, reachable at (702) 799-2240. It teaches 1,076 students in grades 6 through 8. It has 40% more students than the average for middle schools in Nevada (about 767).
Silvestri Charles Junior High School is in Clark County, a district with 301,622 students across 375 schools.
The student body at Silvestri Charles Junior High School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 36%. Next come 18% Black, 15% White, 12% multiracial, and 11% Asian. In Clark County overall, the Hispanic share is about 32%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 78, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.2:1. The school has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Nevada, the average ratio is 22.4:1. Federal data show 100% of students (1,076) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Silvestri Charles Junior High School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 43% of Nevada public middle schools.
The model predicts 32.5% for a school in Nevada with Silvestri Charles Junior High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Silvestri Charles Junior High School posts 25.4%.
In Clark County, home to about 2,329,548 people, the median household earns about $76,472 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Silvestri Charles Junior High School shares Clark County with 461 other public schools.
Silvestri Charles Junior High School's closest public school neighbor is Cartwright Roberta C Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 45.8% on proficiency, and Silvestri Charles Junior High School is below that at 25.4%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 24% decrease took enrollment from 1,415 in 2020-21 to 1,076 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 28.9:1 to 19.2:1.
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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 Silvestri Charles Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Silvestri Charles Junior High School?
Silvestri Charles Junior High School enrolls approximately 1,076 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Silvestri Charles Junior High School serve?
Silvestri Charles Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Silvestri Charles Junior High School?
Approximately 19.2:1 students per teacher at Silvestri Charles Junior High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Silvestri Charles Junior High School?
At Silvestri Charles Junior High School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 36% Hispanic, 18% Black, 11% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Silvestri Charles Junior High School public or private?
Silvestri Charles Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.