Amplus Rainbow

Amplus Rainbow is a K–5 charter school serving 628 students in the southwest Las Vegas valley, operating within the State Sponsored Charter Schools district on W Patrick Lane, surrounded by a cluster of ten Clark County elementary schools within about 1.4 to 2.8 miles. For 2025–26 it ranked 32nd of 376 Nevada elementary schools — the 91st percentile — and it has held 5 stars for four consecutive years.

Proficiency is where Amplus stands out most. In 2025–26, 63.6% of students were proficient in math, 68.5% in reading, and 48.0% in science — well above both its own district and the state, and ahead of every nearby school by wide margins. Averaged across the ten nearby Clark County elementaries, the gap is roughly 21 points in math, 21 in reading, and 30 in science. Science is the sharpest separator: Amplus's 48.0% sits 18.7 points above the best neighbor, Tanaka Wayne N Elementary School (29.3%). Amplus is the only 5-star school in its comparison group; the closest school, Earl Marion B Elementary School, sits at the 39th percentile with 2 stars.

Attendance tells a similar story: chronic absenteeism is 8.8%, the lowest in the area and about a third of the state rate. Notably, Amplus achieves this while spending the least — $8,050 per student in 2023–24, versus $12,637–$18,047 at nearby schools. Its reported student–teacher ratio (30.6) is roughly double its neighbors', but charter schools often count teaching staff differently, so that figure is worth verifying rather than treating as settled. Two things to watch: 5th-grade math (44.1%) is the only grade-and-subject combination where Amplus trails its own district, and 2025–26 brought modest declines in both math and reading after several strong years.