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Which teacher or staff member at Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies ES deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
696
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000511
Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School
9400 W Gilmore Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89129 · (702) 799-6710 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL696 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Nevada public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
696 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 | 57 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
72%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
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
63.4%
NV avg 45.8% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
58.9%
NV avg 35.6% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.4% | 58.9% |
| 2023-24 | 61.6% | 55.3% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NV schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Nevada's top 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 Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School
Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School's state test result (50.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School this school | 696 | 100.0% | 50.6% |
| McCaw Gordon Elementary School Henderson | 730 | 100.0% | 68.3% |
| Taylor Glen C Elementary School Henderson | 638 | 100.0% | 45.5% |
| Bozarth Henry & Evelyn Elementary School Las Vegas | 723 | 100.0% | 47.2% |
| Brown Hannah Marie Elementary School Henderson | 626 | 100.0% | 47.5% |
| Kesterson Lorna J Elementary School Henderson | 535 | 100.0% | 37.5% |
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 Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #55 of 367 | #34 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #55 of 388 ▲ 7 | #37 of 258 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #66 of 390 ▼ 5 | #49 of 259 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 696 | #61 of 442 | #59 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #135 of 379 | #109 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #75 of 381 | #75 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #165 of 386 | #160 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #275 of 304 | #187 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
696
-64 (-8%) vs 2020
+37% since 2000-01, when it was 508
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 696 | 44 | 15.8:1 | 100% (696) |
| 2023-24 | 766 | 41 | 18.7:1 | 100% (766) |
| 2022-23 | 784 | 42 | 18.7:1 | 100% (784) |
| 2020-21 | 760 | 38 | 20.0:1 | 100% (760) |
| 2017-18 | 738 | 42 | 17.6:1 | 40% (298) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 34 | 17.6:1 | 51% (307) |
| 2010-11 | 639 | 36 | 17.8:1 | 34% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 508 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 9% (46) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School.
About Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School
Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School is an elementary school located in Las Vegas, Nevada, in Clark County. Its 696 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Nevada is about 480 students.
Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School is one of 375 schools in Clark County, which enrolls 301,622 students in total.
Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 39%. The remaining students are 32% White, 12% multiracial, 10% Black, and 7% Asian. Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 15.8 students per teacher. That is 2.3 students per teacher below the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 100% of students.
The allk12 Grade for Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School is A. Compared with Nevada public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 89% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School ranks in the top 10% in Nevada. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 50.6%, against a prediction of 32.5%.
In Clark County (population about 2,329,548), the median household income is $76,472, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School is one of 462 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Garehime Edith ES, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 37.2% on proficiency, and Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School is above that at 50.6%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 64 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 20.0:1 to 15.8:1.
Community posts for Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- Garehime Edith ES0.5 mi · 597
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- Becker Ernest MS2.1 mi · 1,075
- Eisenberg Dorothy ES2.1 mi · 497
Frequently asked questions
About Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School?
Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School enrolls approximately 696 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School serve?
Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School is approximately 15.8:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School?
Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School reports a student body of 32% White, 39% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School in?
Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies Elementary School is part of Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.