Thomas Ruby S ES

Thomas Ruby S ES is a primary school of moderately sized scale in Las Vegas, Nevada, overseen by Clark County, serveing 682 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Nevada's public schools average about 480 students each, so Thomas Ruby S ES sits 42% larger than that benchmark.

Clark County comprises 375 schools with combined enrollment of 301,622 students; Thomas Ruby S ES is among them.

In terms of who attends, Thomas Ruby S ES records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% White, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 32% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting Thomas Ruby S ES tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Thomas Ruby S ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Thomas Ruby S ES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 18.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Clark County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Thomas Ruby S ES is one.

Orr William E MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Thomas Ruby S ES comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 21.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Thomas Ruby S ES's enrollment has edged down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 882 (now 682). Black enrollment moved from 21% to 34% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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