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Enrollment
448
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000046
Wasden Howard Elementary School
2831 Palomino Ln, Las Vegas, NV 89107 · (702) 799-4239 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Nevada public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
13.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
448 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 | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
64%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
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
31.1%
NV avg 45.8% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
23.7%
NV avg 35.6% . -3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.1% | 23.7% |
| 2023-24 | 33.9% | 27.4% |
% 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
29.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% 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 Wasden Howard Elementary School
Wasden Howard Elementary School's state test result (29.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wasden Howard Elementary School this school | 448 | 100.0% | 29.0% |
| Wolfe Eva Elementary School N Las Vegas | 450 | 100.0% | 32.6% |
| Guy Addeliar D III Elementary School N Las Vegas | 470 | 100.0% | 30.0% |
| Antonello Lee Elementary School N Las Vegas | 518 | 100.0% | 35.2% |
| Deskin Ruthe Elementary School Las Vegas | 491 | 100.0% | 32.9% |
| Gilbert CVT Elementary School N Las Vegas | 487 | 100.0% | 37.6% |
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 Wasden Howard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #245 of 367 | #172 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #304 of 388 ▼ 61 | #202 of 258 ▼ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #297 of 390 ▼ 51 | #199 of 259 ▼ 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #265 of 442 | #214 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #17 of 379 | #15 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #165 of 381 | #145 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #40 of 386 | #35 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #133 of 304 | #90 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
448
-79 (-15%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 666
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 448 | 34 | 13.2:1 | 100% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 25 | 18.1:1 | 100% (453) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 100% (455) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 27 | 19.5:1 | 100% (527) |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 32 | 18.3:1 | 100% (585) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 34 | 17.9:1 | 77% (466) |
| 2010-11 | 630 | 35 | 18.0:1 | 65% (408) |
| 2000-01 | 635 | 37 | 17.2:1 | 33% (210) |
| 1990-91 | 666 | 40 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wasden Howard Elementary School.
About Wasden Howard Elementary School
Wasden Howard Elementary School, located in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a mid-sized elementary school. It had 448 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Wasden Howard Elementary School falls under Clark County, which has 375 schools enrolling 301,622 students.
The student body at Wasden Howard Elementary School is 55% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Black, 14% White, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 32%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.2 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Nevada is 18.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Nevada public elementary schools, Wasden Howard Elementary School outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Wasden Howard Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 29.0% is 3.5 points below the 32.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Clark County show that the median household earns about $76,472 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Clark County, 462 public schools serve about 360,225 students.
Wasden Howard Elementary School's nearest public school is Hyde Park Middle School (about 0.8 miles). Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Wasden Howard Elementary School is 3rd among 7 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 79 students, from 527 to 448. Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.5:1 to 13.2:1.
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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
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Other schools in Las Vegas
- NV Learning Academy J-SHSHigh · 3,352 students
- Desert Oasis High SchoolHigh · 3,300 students
- Sierra Vista High SchoolHigh · 3,255 students
- Arbor View High SchoolHigh · 3,069 students
- Desert Pines High SchoolHigh · 3,011 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,961 students
Nearby schools
- Hyde Park Middle School0.8 mi · 1,371
- Thrive Point Academy0.9 mi · 318
- Sage Collegiate Public Charter School0.9 mi · 312
- Vegas Verdes Elementary School1.2 mi · 710
- Griffith E W Elementary School1.2 mi · 608
- Hancock Doris Elementary School1.3 mi · 420
Frequently asked questions
About Wasden Howard Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wasden Howard Elementary School?
Wasden Howard Elementary School enrolls approximately 448 students in grades PK-05.
Is Wasden Howard Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wasden Howard Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Wasden Howard Elementary School have?
Wasden Howard Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wasden Howard Elementary School?
At Wasden Howard Elementary School, the student body is approximately 14% White, 55% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Wasden Howard Elementary School public or private?
Wasden Howard Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.