Thorpe Jim ES

Thorpe Jim ES operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in Henderson, Nevada, overseen by Clark County. Current enrollment sits at 455 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Thorpe Jim ES is one of 375 schools operated by Clark County, a district that serves 301,622 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Thorpe Jim ES logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 23% Black, 12% multiracial, 11% White, 5% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.

In terms of school funding signals, Thorpe Jim ES lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting Thorpe Jim ES tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Thorpe Jim 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 30.4%, a residual of -2.1 points.

In the broader community, Clark County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,472, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Thorpe Jim ES is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).

The closest other public school is Treem Harriet ES, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Thorpe Jim ES. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thorpe Jim ES ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 33.2%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thorpe Jim ES has shrank 12%, going from 515 students in 2018 to 455 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 27% to 11% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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