Strong Start Academy

Strong Start Academy is a small elementary-level community in Las Vegas, Nevada, part of State Sponsored Charter Schools. The school works with 216 students in grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 55% below the state mean of about 480.

Strong Start Academy is one of 83 schools operated by State Sponsored Charter Schools, a district that works with 64,162 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Strong Start Academy logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Black, 6% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Around the school, Clark County reports that median household income runs about $76,472, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Strong Start Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Las Vegas Academy of the Arts HS, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Strong Start Academy operates from an inner-city location. Strong Start Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.