Tartan John ES

Located at 3030 E Tropical Pkwy, in N Las Vegas, Nevada, Tartan John ES is a mid-sized elementary-level community that educates 498 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Clark County.

Tartan John ES is one of 375 schools operated by Clark County, a district that instructs 301,622 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Tartan John ES logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 34% Black, 9% multiracial, 8% White, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 32% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Tartan John ES logs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.2:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tartan John 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 24.1%, a residual of -8.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate median household income runs about $76,472, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tartan John ES is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).

The closest other public school is Johnston Carroll M STEM Academy of Env Studies, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Tartan John ES comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 24.7%.

Tartan John ES operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Tartan John ES's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 534 (now 498). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 14% to 8%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 26.2:1 today.

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