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Alumni: what's one memory from Wilhelm Elizabeth ES that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK COUNTY·NCES 320006000435
Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School
609 W Alexander Rd, N Las Vegas, NV 89032 · (702) 799-1750 · Clark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Nevada public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
12.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
440 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 | 39 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
63%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
Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School→Sedway Marvin M Middle School
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
34.4%
NV avg 45.8% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
31.1%
NV avg 35.6% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.4% | 31.1% |
| 2023-24 | 33.9% | 29.3% |
% 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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 Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School
Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School this school | 440 | 100.0% | 32.2% |
| Tartan John Elementary School N Las Vegas | 498 | 100.0% | 24.1% |
| Whitney Elementary School Las Vegas | 410 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| Mackey Jo Elementary School N Las Vegas | 515 | 100.0% | 41.5% |
| Perkins Dr Claude G Elementary School N Las Vegas | 546 | 100.0% | 23.1% |
| McMillan James B Elementary School Las Vegas | 460 | 100.0% | 29.4% |
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 Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #210 of 367 | #145 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #242 of 388 ▼ 14 | #167 of 258 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #264 of 390 ▼ 17 | #179 of 259 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #271 of 442 | #217 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #8 of 379 | #8 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #172 of 381 | #149 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #137 of 386 | #132 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.6% | #79 of 304 | #50 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
440
-58 (-12%) vs 2020
-53% since 2000-01, when it was 939
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 440 | 35 | 12.6:1 | 100% (440) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 31 | 16.2:1 | 100% (503) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 32 | 15.1:1 | 100% (483) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 30 | 16.6:1 | 100% (498) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 39 | 16.0:1 | 100% (622) |
| 2015-16 | 675 | 31 | 21.8:1 | 84% (567) |
| 2010-11 | 585 | 32 | 18.3:1 | 68% (400) |
| 2000-01 | 939 | 47 | 20.0:1 | 21% (199) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School.
About Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School
Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school for students in N Las Vegas, Nevada. The school had 440 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School is among 375 schools run by Clark County, which serves 301,622 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School, at 48%. Other groups make up 35% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% White, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 32% of Clark County residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School total 35 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.6:1. That is 5.5 students per teacher below the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 100%.
Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 44% of Nevada public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 32.5% for Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School. The school posts 32.2%, within a point of the prediction.
Within Clark County, the median household income is $76,472, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Clark County has 462 public schools and roughly 360,225 students.
Perkins Dr Claude G Elementary School is the public school closest to Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School at 2nd of 6.
For locale, NCES codes Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School as City: Large.
The school enrolled 440 students in 2024-25, 58 fewer than the 498 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.6:1.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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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- Findlay Clifford O Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,333 students
Nearby schools
- Perkins Dr Claude G Elementary School0.3 mi · 546
- Sedway Marvin M Middle School0.6 mi · 1,038
- Canyon Springs High School0.8 mi · 2,812
- Desert Rose High School1.1 mi · 137
- The Delta Academy J-SHS1.1 mi · 1,445
- Elizondo Raul P Elementary School1.3 mi · 582
Frequently asked questions
About Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School?
Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School enrolls approximately 440 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School serve?
Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School have?
Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
How diverse is Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School?
Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School reports a student body of 5% White, 48% Hispanic, 35% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School?
Wilhelm Elizabeth 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.