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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000044
Smith Helen M Elementary School
7101 Pinedale Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89145 · (702) 799-4300 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Nevada public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
452 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 | 43 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
56%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
44.8%
NV avg 45.8% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
39.2%
NV avg 35.6% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.8% | 39.2% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 Smith Helen M Elementary School
Smith Helen M Elementary School's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Helen M Elementary School this school | 452 | 100.0% | 41.0% |
| Tomiyasu Bill Y Elementary School Las Vegas | 412 | 100.0% | 35.8% |
| Lincoln Park Elementary SPARKS | 438 | 100.0% | 17.3% |
| Iverson Mervin Elementary School Las Vegas | 540 | 100.0% | 32.5% |
| French Doris Elementary School Las Vegas | 459 | 100.0% | 30.2% |
| Rita Cannan Elementary RENO | 405 | 100.0% | 27.6% |
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 Smith Helen M Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #116 of 367 | #77 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #173 of 388 ▼ 15 | #120 of 258 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #183 of 390 ▼ 17 | #132 of 259 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #260 of 442 | #212 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #45 of 379 | #38 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #242 of 381 | #180 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #38 of 386 | #33 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #187 of 304 | #131 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
452
-54 (-11%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 573
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 452 | 32 | 14.1:1 | 100% (452) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 27 | 17.7:1 | 100% (477) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 100% (492) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 100% (506) |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 99% (543) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 34 | 16.2:1 | 73% (405) |
| 2010-11 | 531 | 30 | 17.7:1 | 62% (331) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 25% (125) |
| 1990-91 | 573 | 33 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Smith Helen M Elementary School.
About Smith Helen M Elementary School
Students in Las Vegas, Nevada, attend Smith Helen M Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 452 students in pre-K through 5.
Clark County has a total of 375 schools and 301,622 students, Smith Helen M Elementary School among them.
At Smith Helen M Elementary School, 63% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 18% White, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That is higher than the 32% Hispanic share among all Clark County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.1:1. The school has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Nevada, the average ratio is 18.1:1. Federal data show 100% of students (452) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Smith Helen M Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 70% of Nevada public elementary schools.
The model predicts 32.5% for a school in Nevada with Smith Helen M Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Smith Helen M Elementary School posts 41.0%.
The school's county is Clark County. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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%. Smith Helen M Elementary School shares Clark County with 461 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Johnson Walter JHS Academy of Int'l Studies is about 0.5 miles from Smith Helen M Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 41.0% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 7 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 452, from 506 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 18.7 to 14.1 over 4 years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Johnson Walter JHS Academy of Int'l Studies0.5 mi · 1,329
- Adcock O K Elementary School1.1 mi · 401
- Garside Frank F Junior High School1.1 mi · 1,017
- Warren Rose Elementary School1.1 mi · 499
- Jacobson Walter Elementary School1.2 mi · 494
- Bonanza High School1.4 mi · 1,858
Frequently asked questions
About Smith Helen M Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Smith Helen M Elementary School?
Smith Helen M Elementary School enrolls approximately 452 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Smith Helen M Elementary School serve?
Smith Helen M Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Smith Helen M Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Smith Helen M Elementary School is approximately 14.1:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Smith Helen M Elementary School?
Student demographics at Smith Helen M Elementary School are roughly 18% White, 63% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Smith Helen M Elementary School public or private?
Smith Helen M Elementary 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.