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Enrollment
682
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000097
Thomas Ruby S Elementary School
1560 E Cherokee Ln, Las Vegas, NV 89169 · (702) 799-5550 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL682 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Nevada public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
682 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 | 54 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 118 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
65%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
Thomas Ruby S Elementary School→Orr William E 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
29.8%
NV avg 45.8% . +13.4pp since 2023
Math
17.1%
NV avg 35.6% . +7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.8% | 17.1% |
| 2023-24 | 16.4% | 9.5% |
% 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
18.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% 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 Thomas Ruby S Elementary School
Thomas Ruby S Elementary School's state test result (18.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Ruby S Elementary School this school | 682 | 100.0% | 18.2% |
| Thiriot Joseph E Elementary School Las Vegas | 607 | 100.0% | 33.8% |
| Cunningham Cynthia Elementary School Las Vegas | 601 | 100.0% | 23.6% |
| Duncan Ruby Elementary School N Las Vegas | 718 | 100.0% | 27.9% |
| Scott Jesse D Elementary School N Las Vegas | 712 | 100.0% | 17.9% |
| Dickens D L Dusty Elementary School N Las Vegas | 775 | 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 Thomas Ruby S Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #347 of 367 | #235 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #366 of 388 ▲ 16 | #243 of 258 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #311 of 390 ▲ 66 | #207 of 259 ▲ 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 682 | #74 of 442 | #71 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #168 of 379 | #131 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #150 of 381 | #139 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #72 of 386 | #67 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #142 of 304 | #97 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
682
-73 (-10%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 838
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 682 | 42 | 16.2:1 | 100% (682) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 36 | 17.3:1 | 100% (624) |
| 2022-23 | 644 | 41 | 15.7:1 | 100% (644) |
| 2020-21 | 755 | 47 | 16.1:1 | 100% (755) |
| 2017-18 | 882 | 49 | 18.0:1 | 100% (882) |
| 2015-16 | 792 | 45 | 17.6:1 | 95% (753) |
| 2010-11 | 801 | 49 | 16.4:1 | 87% (698) |
| 2000-01 | 1,251 | 77 | 16.3:1 | 66% (828) |
| 1990-91 | 838 | 48 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Ruby S Elementary School.
About Thomas Ruby S Elementary School
Thomas Ruby S Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Las Vegas, Nevada. There are 682 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Nevada, the average enrollment is about 480.
Clark County has 375 schools and 301,622 students, and Thomas Ruby S Elementary School is one of those schools.
Hispanic students make up 47% of enrollment at Thomas Ruby S Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 34% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% White, and 6% Asian. In Clark County overall, about 32% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.2 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Nevada average 18.1:1, 1.9 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Thomas Ruby S Elementary School, 100% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Nevada public elementary schools, Thomas Ruby S Elementary School outscored 4%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Thomas Ruby S Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 18.2% is 14.3 points below the 32.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in Clark County, where median household income comes to about $76,472, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clark County counts 462 public schools with about 360,225 students.
Orr William E Middle School sits about 0.3 miles from Thomas Ruby S Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Thomas Ruby S Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
Enrollment was 682 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 755.
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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
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- Orr William E Middle School0.3 mi · 919
- Petersen Dean Elementary School0.6 mi · 702
- Stewart Helen J0.8 mi · 123
- NV Rise Academy Charter School0.8 mi · 367
- Lake Robert E Elementary School0.9 mi · 682
- Valley High School1.0 mi · 2,467
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Ruby S Elementary SchoolHow large is Thomas Ruby S Elementary School?
Thomas Ruby S Elementary School enrolls approximately 682 students in grades PK-05.
Is Thomas Ruby S Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thomas Ruby S Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Thomas Ruby S Elementary School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Thomas Ruby S Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Thomas Ruby S Elementary School?
Student demographics at Thomas Ruby S Elementary School are roughly 6% White, 47% Hispanic, 34% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Thomas Ruby S Elementary School?
Thomas Ruby S Elementary School is overseen by Clark County in Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.