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What's one thing Squires C P ES gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
514
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000015
Squires C P Elementary School
1312 E Tonopah Ave, N Las Vegas, NV 89030 · (702) 799-7169 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Nevada public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
514 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 | 36 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
31%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Squires C P Elementary School→Smith J D Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Clark County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
22.1%
NV avg 45.8% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
16.7%
NV avg 35.6% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.1% | 16.7% |
| 2023-24 | 26.1% | 17.6% |
% 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
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% 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 Squires C P Elementary School
Squires C P Elementary School's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Squires C P Elementary School this school | 514 | 100.0% | 20.6% |
| Futuro Academy Elementary Las Vegas | 473 | 100.0% | 35.7% |
| Cahlan Marion Elementary School N Las Vegas | 479 | 100.0% | 30.2% |
| Hewetson Halle Elementary School Las Vegas | 574 | 100.0% | 20.8% |
| Moore William K Elementary School Las Vegas | 497 | 100.0% | 24.1% |
| Warren Rose Elementary School Las Vegas | 499 | 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 Squires C P Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #332 of 367 | #225 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #369 of 388 ▼ 31 | #245 of 258 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #365 of 390 ▼ 41 | #243 of 259 ▼ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 514 | #192 of 442 | #169 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #98 of 379 | #81 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.4% | #364 of 381 | #250 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #21 of 386 | #16 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #150 of 304 | #102 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
514
-198 (-28%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 651
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 514 | 34 | 15.1:1 | 100% (514) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 35 | 15.1:1 | 100% (529) |
| 2022-23 | 584 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 100% (584) |
| 2020-21 | 712 | 39 | 18.3:1 | 100% (712) |
| 2017-18 | 661 | 43 | 15.4:1 | 100% (661) |
| 2015-16 | 681 | 45 | 15.1:1 | 97% (663) |
| 2010-11 | 737 | 40 | 18.4:1 | 94% (695) |
| 2000-01 | 918 | 56 | 16.4:1 | 77% (704) |
| 1990-91 | 651 | 35 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Squires C P Elementary School.
About Squires C P Elementary School
Squires C P Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Clark County, located in N Las Vegas, Nevada. It has an enrollment of 514 students in pre-K through 5.
The district, Clark County, operates 375 schools serving 301,622 students.
Roughly 82% of students at Squires C P Elementary School are Hispanic. Other groups make up 12% Black and 3% White. County-wide, 32% of Clark County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Squires C P Elementary School is 31%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.1 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Nevada, the average ratio is 18.1:1. Squires C P Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 100%.
Squires C P Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 9% of Nevada public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Squires C P Elementary School would score about 32.5%. It scores 20.6%, 11.9 points below that figure.
For Clark County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $76,472 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Squires C P Elementary School, Clark County has 462 public schools.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Smith J D Middle School, is the closest to Squires C P Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Squires C P Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Squires C P Elementary School is 5th of 6 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Squires C P Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Squires C P Elementary School had a net loss of 198 students, or 28%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.3:1 in 2020-21, and 15.1:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Squires C P Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 N Las Vegas
- Canyon Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,812 students
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,682 students
- Mojave High SchoolHigh · 2,487 students
- Cheyenne High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Cram Brian & Teri Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,431 students
- Findlay Clifford O Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,333 students
Nearby schools
- Smith J D Middle School0.1 mi · 1,181
- Battle Born Academy0.4 mi · 330
- Rancho High School0.5 mi · 2,715
- CIVICA Academy0.7 mi · 1,074
- Bracken Walter Elementary School0.8 mi · 482
- Bridger Jim Middle School0.9 mi · 1,072
Frequently asked questions
About Squires C P Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Squires C P Elementary School?
Squires C P Elementary School enrolls approximately 514 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Squires C P Elementary School serve?
Squires C P Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Squires C P Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Squires C P Elementary School is approximately 15.1:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Squires C P Elementary School?
Student demographics at Squires C P Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 82% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Squires C P Elementary School in?
Squires C P Elementary School is part of Clark County.
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