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What's something Tanaka Wayne N ES does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
728
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000621
Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School
9135 W Maule Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89148 · (702) 799-2504 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL728 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% 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
15.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
728 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 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (128).
Student demographics
78%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
Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School→Faiss Wilbur & Theresa 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
57.9%
NV avg 45.8% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
52.4%
NV avg 35.6% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.9% | 52.4% |
| 2023-24 | 54.1% | 49.8% |
% 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
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School
Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School this school | 728 | 100.0% | 43.3% |
| Abston Sandra B Elementary School Las Vegas | 726 | 100.0% | 37.5% |
| Snyder Don & Dee Elementary School Las Vegas | 679 | 100.0% | 34.5% |
| Wright William V Elementary School Las Vegas | 562 | 100.0% | 37.1% |
| Mathis Dr. Beverly S Elementary School Las Vegas | 814 | 100.0% | 43.5% |
| Imagine School Mountain View Las Vegas | 695 | 100.0% | 35.5% |
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 Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #100 of 367 | #64 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #90 of 388 ▼ 3 | #63 of 258 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #96 of 390 ▲ 1 | #71 of 259 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 728 | #45 of 442 | #43 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #115 of 379 | #94 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.5% | #15 of 381 | #15 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #195 of 386 | #190 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #258 of 304 | #178 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
728
+28 (+4%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 916
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 728 | 47 | 15.5:1 | 100% (728) |
| 2023-24 | 733 | 44 | 16.7:1 | 100% (733) |
| 2022-23 | 738 | 47 | 15.7:1 | 100% (738) |
| 2020-21 | 700 | 36 | 19.4:1 | 100% (700) |
| 2017-18 | 807 | 46 | 17.5:1 | 50% (401) |
| 2015-16 | 963 | 53 | 18.2:1 | 60% (573) |
| 2010-11 | 916 | 45 | 20.4:1 | 51% (464) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School.
About Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School
As a high-enrollment elementary school, Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School serves students in Las Vegas, Nevada. It reported 728 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 480 students for elementary schools in Nevada.
Enrollment across the 375 schools in Clark County totals 301,622 students.
No group is above 50% at Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School; the largest is Hispanic, at 32%. The school is also 23% Black, 17% White, 14% multiracial, and 10% Asian. Among Clark County residents, the Hispanic share is about 32%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School scores 78%.
The school's 47 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. Elementary schools in Nevada average 18.1:1, 2.6 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Nevada public elementary schools, Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Nevada schools: 43.3% actual against 32.5% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Clark County, median household income comes to about $76,472, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 462 public schools and about 360,225 students.
Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School's nearest public school is Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School (about 0.5 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School is 5th among 7 schools close by.
Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 728, compared with 700 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.4:1 to 15.5:1.
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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
- Faiss Wilbur & Theresa Middle School0.5 mi · 1,284
- Berkley Shelley Elementary School0.9 mi · 719
- Amplus Durango1.4 mi · 1,761
- Sierra Vista High School1.5 mi · 3,255
- Nevada State High School Southwest1.7 mi · 145
- Rogers Lucille S Elementary School1.9 mi · 687
Frequently asked questions
About Tanaka Wayne N Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School?
Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School enrolls approximately 728 students in grades PK-05.
Is Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School?
Student demographics at Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School are roughly 17% White, 32% Hispanic, 23% Black, 10% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School in?
Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School is part of Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.