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Ward Gene Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

370^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 379 Nevada Elementary Schools

Better than 2% of Nevada elementary schools

Summary

Ward Gene Elementary School is a public elementary school in Las Vegas, Nevada, serving 624 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Clark County School District, which is ranked 5 out of 12 in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ward Gene Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Nevada elementary schools, ranging from 267th to 370th out of 341 to 388 schools over the past 10 years. The school has received a 0 or 1 out of 5 SchoolDigger star rating, indicating it is one of the lower-performing schools in the state. In both mathematics and reading, the school's proficiency rates are significantly lower than the Clark County and Nevada state averages across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's overall mathematics proficiency rate was 17.6%, compared to 33% for Clark County and 35.4% for the state. The school's reading proficiency rates are also consistently below the district and state averages, ranging from 13.6% to 29.4% across the different grade levels.

The nearby schools, such as French Doris Elementary, Paradise Prof Dev Elementary, and Tomiyasu Bill Y Elementary, generally outperform Ward Gene Elementary School in academic proficiency rates, with higher percentages of students meeting or exceeding standards in both mathematics and reading. These nearby schools also have lower chronic absenteeism rates and higher SchoolDigger rankings, indicating they are higher-performing than Ward Gene Elementary.

599

Students ?

15.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,877

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1555 E Hacienda Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89119

(702) 799-5650

District: Clark County

Students who attend Ward Gene Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Cannon Helen C Junior High School
High:	Del Sol Academy of Performing Arts High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

73.6%

African American:

13.7%

White:

5.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 16th percentile in 2014 → 2nd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Nevada average (20% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 14 percentile points since 2014

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school20%

District avg38%

Nevada avg41%

370^th of 379

Nevada public elementary schools ?

Bottom 2%▼ down 18 pts since 2016

From bottom 21% (2016) to bottom 2% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

214^th of 221Elementary Schools in the Clark County

5^th of 12Clark County among Nevada districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2025	8.5	370 of 379	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.9	348 of 377	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	23.4	281 of 384	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.9	311 of 380	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	7.6	321 of 324	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.6	358 of 388	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	25.0	267 of 341	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.2	306 of 351	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	22.1	275 of 347	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	20.4	280 of 332	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	35.6	229 of 330	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2012	23.2	248 of 328	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	34.2	208 of 318	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2010	18.1	246 of 300	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	29.9	204 of 292	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2008	16.3	236 of 294	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	47.5	59 of 132	55.3%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	41.6	123 of 213	42.3%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	21.6	278 of 330	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	36.3	207 of 308	32.8%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	34.4	229 of 321	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	29.9	241 of 332	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	45.7	106 of 227	53.3%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2018)55th percentile+34 vs school

Special Education (2018)53rd percentile+32 vs school

English Language Learner (2018)42nd percentile+21 vs school

Hispanic (2018)33rd percentile+11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2018)29th percentile+7 vs school

Male (2018)27th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2018)16th percentile-6 vs school

By subject vs Nevada (2024-2025) ?

Reading23%-23 vs state

Mathematics18%-18 vs state

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What people are saying

by a citizen
Monday, June 10, 2019

They put frosting on a heap of dung and call it a quality education cake. Worst one I've seen in 35 years of paying attention to our schools. Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

This school is horrible. My child was excited for learning, wanted to do so much with it until the teacher crushed it. She didn't pay any attention what so ever to my child instead on the problem child. My child would bring home work that she did at school and it would be half finished or wrong. When asked if the teacher looked over it, she said that the teacher was to busy, talking to other teachers, and didn't care to or even help when she put her hand up. Even complained to the teacher about it and she did nothing about it. Had to pull my child from her class. Wasn't happy at all. Plus no extra actives for the kids and no P.T.A. Wouldn't recommend this school to any child. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SBAC Mathematics (2025)				SBAC Reading (2025)				SBAC Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SBAC Mathematics 3rd Grade	SBAC Mathematics 4th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 5th Grade	SBAC Mathematics All Grades	SBAC Reading 3rd Grade	SBAC Reading 4th Grade	SBAC Reading 5th Grade	SBAC Reading All Grades	SBAC Science 5th Grade	SBAC Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ward Gene Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1555 E Hacienda Ave	Las Vegas	89119	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-5650	599	39	15.3	100.0%	31 (5.2%)	82 (13.7%)	441 (73.6%)	12 (2.0%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.7%)	26 (4.3%)	8.5	370^th of 379 public elementary schools	2.4%		11.9	348^th of 377 public elementary schools	7.7%	22	17.5	21.4	13.1	17.6	13.6	29.4	24.1	22.8			$13,877	$1,762	$12,115
Dailey Jack Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2001 E Reno Ave	Las Vegas	89119	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-5690	506	30	16.8	100.0%	31 (6.1%)	70 (13.8%)	356 (70.4%)	13 (2.6%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.8%)	30 (5.9%)	17.9	311^th of 379 public elementary schools	17.9%		21.8	286^th of 377 public elementary schools	24.1%	25	31.5	17.1	21.1	23.3	35.6	28.5	33.8	32.7			$12,755	$1,736	$11,019
Rowe Lewis E Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4338 S Bruce St	Las Vegas	89119	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-5540	614	43	14.2	100.0%	58 (9.4%)	79 (12.9%)	390 (63.5%)	35 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	46 (7.5%)	39.1	210^th of 379 public elementary schools	44.6%		35.1	216^th of 377 public elementary schools	42.7%	6	38.7	32.9	30.8	34.1	45.9	41.7	54.2	47.6	17.7	17.7	$15,121	$1,932	$13,189
French Doris Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3235 E Hacienda	Las Vegas	89120	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-7730	459	31	14.8	100.0%	64 (13.9%)	58 (12.6%)	274 (59.7%)	18 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	38 (8.3%)	37.2	218^th of 379 public elementary schools	42.5%		32	235^th of 377 public elementary schools	37.7%	17	44.4			31.5	42.2	27.4	46.4	38.6			$11,994	$1,829	$10,164
Paradise Prof Dev Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	900 Cottage Grove Ave	Las Vegas	89119	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-5660	429	27	15.8	100.0%	28 (6.5%)	132 (30.8%)	214 (49.9%)	22 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	30 (7.0%)	9.9	360^th of 379 public elementary schools	5.0%		19.8	301^st of 377 public elementary schools	20.2%	59	26.9			20.6	15.8	31.4	19.4	21.7			$14,275	$1,728	$12,546
NV Learning Academy Elementary School	Public, Virtual	PK, KG-5	3050 E. Flamingo Road	Las Vegas	89121	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	Yes	No	(702) 799-6852	1,029	63	16.3		115 (11.2%)	240 (23.3%)	449 (43.6%)	55 (5.3%)	10 (1.0%)	39 (3.8%)	121 (11.8%)	14.3	334^th of 379 public elementary schools	11.9%		10	355^th of 377 public elementary schools	5.8%	21	23.2	11.9	6.3	13.7	37.2	26.6	35.6	33.2			$337	$07	$329
Petersen Dean Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3650 Cambridge St	Las Vegas	89169	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-1120	702	40	17.5	100.0%	37 (5.3%)	263 (37.5%)	331 (47.2%)	11 (1.6%)	10 (1.4%)	7 (1.0%)	43 (6.1%)	6.4	375^th of 379 public elementary schools	1.1%		6	375^th of 377 public elementary schools	0.5%		21.6	13.6	12.2	15.7	21.8	19.6	19.6	20.3			$12,288	$1,746	$10,542
Thomas Ruby S Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1560 E Cherokee Ln	Las Vegas	89169	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-5550	682	42	16.2	100.0%	40 (5.9%)	234 (34.3%)	323 (47.4%)	38 (5.6%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	41 (6.0%)	11.9	349^th of 379 public elementary schools	7.9%		5	376^th of 377 public elementary schools	0.3%	27	20.0	21.1	9.7	17.1	30.3	30.0	29.1	29.8			$11,766	$1,712	$10,054
Discovery Charter School Sandhill	Public, Charter	K-5	4801 S Sandhill Rd	Las Vegas	89121	Clark County	State Sponsored Charter Schools	Yes	No	No	No	(702) 489-9350	117	6	21.2	100.0%	26 (22.2%)	17 (14.5%)	59 (50.4%)	1 (0.9%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (10.3%)	78.2	69^th of 379 public elementary schools	81.8%					(n/a)	65.2			46.7	73.9	55.5	52.3	61.2			$7,169	$00	$7,169
NV Rise Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-5	2525 Emerson Ave	Las Vegas	89121	Clark County	State Sponsored Charter Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(702) 489-4886	367	13	28.2	100.0%	17 (4.6%)	71 (19.3%)	225 (61.3%)	14 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.5%)	27 (7.4%)	40.2	204^th of 379 public elementary schools	46.2%		42.3	187^th of 377 public elementary schools	50.4%	17	31.3	39.6	23.5	31.8	43.1	53.4	47.0	48.1			$8,956	$2,174	$6,782

Frequently Asked Questions about Ward Gene Elementary School

Is Ward Gene Elementary School a good school?

Ward Gene Elementary School ranks in the bottom 2.4% of Nevada elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Ward Gene Elementary School?

Students at Ward Gene Elementary School are 74% Hispanic, 14% African American, 5% White, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

How many students attend Ward Gene Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 599 students attended Ward Gene Elementary School.

What district is Ward Gene Elementary School in?

Clark County

What schools do graduates of Ward Gene Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Ward Gene Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Cannon Helen C Junior High School
High : Del Sol Academy of Performing Arts High School

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