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Stevens Josh ES
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Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Stevens Josh ES
Stevens Josh ES, a large elementary school in Henderson, Nevada, run under Clark County, teaches 819 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 71% above typical.
Within Clark County, which oversees 375 schools and 301,622 students, Stevens Josh ES is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Stevens Josh ES shows that 36% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 24% White, 19% Black, 14% multiracial, 5% Asian.
Looking at school resources, Stevens Josh ES reports 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting Stevens Josh ES tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Stevens Josh 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 44.2%, a residual of +11.6 points.
Across the wider county, Clark County reports that median household income runs about $76,472, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Stevens Josh ES is one.
Legacy Traditional School Cadence is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Stevens Josh ES. On composite proficiency, Stevens Josh ES comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.3%.
Stevens Josh ES operates from an inner-city location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 836 students in 2018 compared to 819 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 35% to 24%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.
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