Virgin Valley ES

Virgin Valley ES is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in Mesquite, Nevada, one of the schools within Clark County, with 621 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Nevada's public schools average about 480 students each, so Virgin Valley ES sits 29% larger than that benchmark.

Clark County runs 375 schools in total, collectively educating 301,622 students. Virgin Valley ES is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Virgin Valley ES logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 39% White, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting Virgin Valley ES tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Virgin Valley ES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Clark County) logs that median household earnings sit near $76,472, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Virgin Valley ES is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).

Hughes Charles Arthur MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Virgin Valley ES. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Virgin Valley ES at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 41.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Virgin Valley ES's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 677 (now 621). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 44% to 53% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.