Vegas Vista Academy

Located at 5355 Madre Mesa Dr, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Vegas Vista Academy is an one-room-style primary school that works with 121 students (grades K through 3), one of the schools within State Sponsored Charter Schools. By comparison, Nevada's public schools average about 480 students each, so Vegas Vista Academy sits 75% leaner than that benchmark.

State Sponsored Charter Schools comprises 83 schools with combined enrollment of 64,162 students; Vegas Vista Academy is among them.

On the student-mix side, Vegas Vista Academy shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%. The remainder comes out to 18% Black, 10% multiracial, 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 32% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Vegas Vista Academy records 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting Vegas Vista Academy higher than the state norm the norm. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Clark County (around 93%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the surrounding community, Clark County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Vegas Vista Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Reed Doris M ES, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Vegas Vista Academy.

Vegas Vista Academy operates from an urban location. As a public charter, Vegas Vista Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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