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Enrollment
621
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000110
Virgin Valley Elementary School
200 Woodbury Ln, Mesquite, NV 89027 · (702) 346-5761 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Nevada public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
15.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
621 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 | 41 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
56%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
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
49.8%
NV avg 45.8% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
47.9%
NV avg 35.6% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.8% | 47.9% |
| 2023-24 | 51.2% | 46.4% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 Virgin Valley Elementary School
Virgin Valley Elementary School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin Valley Elementary School this school | 621 | 100.0% | 42.6% |
| Fremont Elementary Carson City | 553 | 100.0% | 27.9% |
| Bordewich/Bray Elementary Carson City | 539 | 100.0% | 35.8% |
| Bowler Joseph L Elementary School Bunkerville | 465 | 100.0% | 32.0% |
| Sonoma Heights Elementary Winnemucca | 468 | 100.0% | 44.5% |
| Yerington Elementary School Yerington | 465 | 100.0% | 24.3% |
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 Virgin Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #106 of 367 | #70 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #116 of 388 ▼ 9 | #79 of 258 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #149 of 390 ▼ 33 | #107 of 259 ▼ 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #108 of 442 | #102 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #145 of 379 | #116 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #244 of 381 | #182 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #78 of 386 | #73 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #265 of 304 | #181 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
621
+101 (+19%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 406
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 621 | 39 | 15.9:1 | 100% (621) |
| 2023-24 | 613 | 33 | 18.6:1 | 100% (613) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 37 | 15.4:1 | 100% (569) |
| 2020-21 | 520 | 32 | 16.3:1 | 100% (520) |
| 2017-18 | 677 | 39 | 17.4:1 | 62% (422) |
| 2015-16 | 699 | 39 | 17.9:1 | 67% (466) |
| 2010-11 | 664 | 43 | 15.4:1 | 64% (422) |
| 2000-01 | 582 | 33 | 17.6:1 | 45% (261) |
| 1990-91 | 406 | 20 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Virgin Valley Elementary School.
About Virgin Valley Elementary School
Virgin Valley Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Nevada, with an address in Mesquite. It has an enrollment of 621 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Nevada enroll around 480, and this school is 29% larger than that mark.
Clark County has 301,622 students spread across 375 schools.
Of every 100 students at Virgin Valley Elementary School, about 53 are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 39% White and 5% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 32%. The diversity index for Virgin Valley Elementary School is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Virgin Valley Elementary School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.9:1. Elementary schools in Nevada average 18.1:1, 2.2 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 100% at Virgin Valley Elementary School.
Virgin Valley Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 73% of Nevada public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.5% for Virgin Valley Elementary School. The school posts 42.6%, 10.1 points above the prediction.
The county, Clark County, is where the school is located. 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. The county's public schools total 462, with about 360,225 students.
Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School is about 0.8 miles from Virgin Valley Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. By average proficiency, Virgin Valley Elementary School is 2nd among 5 schools close by.
The NCES locale for Virgin Valley Elementary School is Town: Distant, which covers schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school's student count rose 19% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
This page is set up for the Virgin Valley Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Clark County
- NV Learning Academy J-SHSHigh · 3,352 students
- Desert Oasis High SchoolHigh · 3,300 students
- Sierra Vista High SchoolHigh · 3,255 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 3,203 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 3,147 students
- Arbor View High SchoolHigh · 3,069 students
Other schools in Mesquite
- Virgin Valley High SchoolHigh · 765 students
- Hughes Charles Arthur Middle SchoolMiddle · 552 students
Nearby schools
- Hughes Charles Arthur Middle School0.8 mi · 552
- Virgin Valley High School1.5 mi · 765
- Bowler Joseph L Elementary School4.1 mi · 465
- Beaver Dam Elementary10.7 mi · 188
- Beaver Dam High School11.0 mi · 136
- Bowler Grant Elementary School25.9 mi · 662
Frequently asked questions
About Virgin Valley Elementary SchoolHow large is Virgin Valley Elementary School?
Virgin Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 621 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Virgin Valley Elementary School serve?
Virgin Valley Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Virgin Valley Elementary School?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Virgin Valley Elementary School.
How diverse is Virgin Valley Elementary School?
Virgin Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 39% White, 53% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Virgin Valley Elementary School?
Virgin Valley 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.