Smith Helen M ES

Located at 7101 Pinedale Ave, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Smith Helen M ES is a mid-tier K-5 school that works with 452 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Clark County.

Clark County runs 375 schools in total, collectively educating 301,622 students. Smith Helen M ES is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Smith Helen M ES lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school records 18% White, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% 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, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting Smith Helen M ES tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Smith Helen M ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Smith Helen M ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 41.0%, a residual of +8.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Clark County put median household earnings sit near $76,472, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Smith Helen M ES is one.

The closest other public school is Johnson Walter JHS Academy of Int'l Studies, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Smith Helen M ES ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 29.3%.

Smith Helen M ES operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Smith Helen M ES's enrollment has shrank 17% since 2018, when it stood at 546 (now 452). Over the same period, the White share fell from 31% to 18%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.