Smith J D MS

Smith J D MS is a big middle school in N Las Vegas, Nevada, run under Clark County. The school educates 1,181 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Nevada's public schools average about 767 students each, so Smith J D MS sits 54% above that benchmark.

Within Clark County, which oversees 375 schools and 301,622 students, Smith J D MS is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Smith J D MS lists that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest is composed of 9% Black, 3% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.

On the income-and-resources front, Smith J D MS records 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.4:1. The state averages around 22.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Smith J D MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Smith J D MS sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 32.5%; actual is 14.6%, a gap of -17.9 points.

Across the wider county, Clark County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,472, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Smith J D MS is one.

Nearest neighbor: Squires C P ES, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Smith J D MS. On composite proficiency, Smith J D MS comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 27.5%.

Smith J D MS operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Smith J D MS's enrollment has edged up 16% since 2018, when it stood at 1,019 (now 1,181). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 91% to 85%. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.