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Enrollment
498
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000652
Tartan John Elementary School
3030 E Tropical Pkwy, N Las Vegas, NV 89081 · (702) 799-4701 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Nevada public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
26.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
498 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 | 42 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
68%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
Tartan John Elementary School→Findlay Clifford O 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
32.4%
NV avg 45.8% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
19.1%
NV avg 35.6% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.4% | 19.1% |
| 2023-24 | 26.9% | 18.2% |
% 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
24.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 Tartan John Elementary School
Tartan John Elementary School's state test result (24.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tartan John Elementary School this school | 498 | 100.0% | 24.1% |
| McMillan James B Elementary School Las Vegas | 460 | 100.0% | 29.4% |
| Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School N Las Vegas | 440 | 100.0% | 32.2% |
| Mackey Jo Elementary School N Las Vegas | 515 | 100.0% | 41.5% |
| Whitney Elementary School Las Vegas | 410 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| Thiriot Joseph E Elementary School Las Vegas | 607 | 100.0% | 33.8% |
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 Tartan John Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #296 of 367 | #203 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #354 of 388 ▼ 22 | #234 of 258 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #284 of 390 ▲ 29 | #191 of 259 ▲ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #211 of 442 | #181 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.2:1 | #348 of 379 | #236 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #127 of 381 | #121 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #197 of 386 | #192 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #271 of 304 | #185 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
498
+53 (+12%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 695
Student : Teacher
26.2:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 498 | 19 | 26.2:1 | 100% (498) |
| 2023-24 | 485 | 13 | 37.3:1 | 100% (485) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 23 | 21.0:1 | 100% (482) |
| 2020-21 | 445 | 26 | 17.1:1 | 100% (445) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 37 | 14.4:1 | 100% (534) |
| 2015-16 | 643 | 36 | 17.9:1 | 74% (479) |
| 2010-11 | 695 | 36 | 19.3:1 | 55% (383) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tartan John Elementary School.
About Tartan John Elementary School
Tartan John Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in N Las Vegas, Nevada. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 498 students.
District-wide, Clark County has 375 schools and 301,622 students.
The biggest share of students at Tartan John Elementary School, 44%, is Hispanic. The remaining shares are 34% Black, 9% multiracial, 8% White, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Clark County's population at about 32%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Tartan John Elementary School scores 68%.
The school had 19 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 26.2:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Nevada is 18.1:1. The school reported 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, Tartan John Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 18% of Nevada public elementary schools.
Tartan John Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 24.1% is 8.4 points below the 32.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Clark County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $76,472, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 462 public schools in the county, enrolling about 360,225, Tartan John Elementary School among them.
About 1.0 miles separate Tartan John Elementary School from the closest public school, Johnston Carroll M STEM Academy of Env Studies. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Tartan John Elementary School places 4th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 53 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 17.1:1 in 2020-21 and 26.2:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Tartan John Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 N Las Vegas
- Canyon Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,812 students
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,682 students
- Mojave High SchoolHigh · 2,487 students
- Cheyenne High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Cram Brian & Teri Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,431 students
- Findlay Clifford O Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,333 students
Nearby schools
- Johnston Carroll M STEM Academy of Env Studies1.0 mi · 967
- Dickens D L Dusty Elementary School1.1 mi · 775
- Scott Jesse D Elementary School1.1 mi · 712
- Freedom Classical Academy K-81.6 mi · 1,074
- Somerset Academy Losee1.8 mi · 2,428
- Mojave High School2.0 mi · 2,487
Frequently asked questions
About Tartan John Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tartan John Elementary School?
Tartan John Elementary School enrolls approximately 498 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Tartan John Elementary School serve?
Tartan John Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Tartan John Elementary School?
Approximately 26.2:1 students per teacher at Tartan John Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tartan John Elementary School?
At Tartan John Elementary School, the student body is approximately 8% White, 44% Hispanic, 34% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Tartan John Elementary School public or private?
Tartan John Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.