Doral Academy Fire Mesa

Doral Academy Fire Mesa is a K–8 state-sponsored charter school in Las Vegas, Nevada, serving 993 students — the largest school in its nearby comparison set — and it ranked 75th of 376 Nevada schools in 2025–26, placing it in the 80th percentile with 4 stars. It belongs to the State Sponsored Charter Schools district, which ranks 2nd of 12 districts statewide. The school has stayed in roughly the top quarter of Nevada schools in most recent years, with a dip to the 69th percentile (3 stars) in 2020–21 before returning to 4 stars. Academically, Doral's all-grade proficiency beats both its district and the state: 56% in math, 65% in reading, and 39.6% in science, compared with 48.7%, 58%, and 34.9% in the Clark County district. Its middle grades are a clear engine of strength — 8th-grade science is 60.8% proficient versus 44.8% district and 33.4% state, and 5th-grade reading is 74.1%, above the district's 65.2% and the state's 52.7%. Doral also clearly outperforms its same-district charter peer, Discovery Charter School HillPointe, in math (56 vs 45.2), reading (65 vs 53.6), and science (39.6 vs 30.3). The closest academic neighbor, Lummis William Elementary School, posts higher aggregate math and reading (62 and 73) but is a PK–5 school with a 14.3 student–teacher ratio. Relative soft spots are 4th-grade math (45.9 vs district 57.5) and 5th-grade science (17.8 vs district 24.1). Chronic absenteeism is a major strength: 14.2%, below the district's 17.2% and the state's 25.5%, and improved sharply from 24.1% in 2023–24. Among nearby schools only Tobler R E Elementary School is lower, at 10.3%. Doral achieves this with far less money and larger classes than nearby Clark elementaries — $8,213 per student in 2023–24 versus roughly $14,642 to $18,402, and a student–teacher ratio of 24 versus about 13.9 to 17.3. Its free/reduced lunch rate was 37.35% in 2023–24, with the 2024–25 figure unknown.