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Walker J Marlan Int'l School ES
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Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Walker J Marlan Int'l School ES
As a mid-tier elementary school in Henderson, Nevada, Walker J Marlan Int'l School ES serves 549 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Clark County.
Clark County comprises 375 schools with combined enrollment of 301,622 students; Walker J Marlan Int'l School ES is among them.
On the student-mix side, Walker J Marlan Int'l School ES shows that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 28% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black.
In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Walker J Marlan Int'l School 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 42.6%, a residual of +10.1 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Clark County put the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clark County's 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), Walker J Marlan Int'l School ES is one campus in the mix.
Foothill HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Walker J Marlan Int'l School ES. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Walker J Marlan Int'l School ES ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 48.9%.
Walker J Marlan Int'l School ES operates from a high-density location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 23%: 713 students in 2018 compared to 549 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 56% to 51% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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