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Smith J D Middle School

Public Grades 6-8

131^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 148 Nevada Middle Schools

Better than 11% of Nevada middle schools

Summary

Smith J D Middle School is a 1,181-student middle school serving grades 6–8 on East Stanley Avenue in North Las Vegas, part of the Clark County district. Every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, and all ten nearby comparison schools report the same 100% figure, so poverty is a shared context, not a differentiator here. Statewide, Smith J D Middle School ranked 131st of 148 Nevada middle schools in 2025-2026 (11th percentile, 1 star) — a weak absolute position, but its best showing in the ten years of rank history provided and a third straight year of improvement.

Test scores are low across the board, but the neighborhood comparison is more informative than state averages. In 2025-2026, 11.1% of students were proficient in math, 23.3% in reading, and 21.0% in science. Math is the deepest hole: Smith trails the district by 22.7 points and ranks 8th of 11 nearby middle schools. Science is the relative bright spot — 5th of 10 schools and only 2.5 points behind the district — ahead of Martin Roy W Middle School, Von Tobel Educational Middle School, Monaco Mario C & JoAnne Middle School, Mack Jerome Middle School, and Sedway Marvin M Middle School. Reading ranks 7th of 11, and math results are unusually flat across grade levels.

The direction of travel is positive: math proficiency has nearly doubled from its 2023-2024 low, reading is up 38% from its low, and chronic absenteeism fell about 13 percentage points from its 2022-2023 peak — though it ticked back up to 37.1% in 2025-2026, second-highest among the eleven nearby schools. The student-teacher ratio fell from 30.5 to 20.3 in three years, still near the bottom locally. Per-student spending ($12,670 in 2023-2024) is near the low end locally, yet Smith outperforms higher-spending Sedway. Attendance remains the sharpest divider in this cluster: the three nearby schools with the lowest absenteeism — Mackey Jo Middle School, Knudson K O Academy of the Arts, and Fremont John C Professional Dev Middle School — are also the strongest performers. Whether attendance bends back down is the best signal of whether Smith's gains hold.

1,181

Students ?

20.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,670

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1880 E Stanley Ave
North Las Vegas, NV 89030

(702) 799-7080

District: Clark County

Students who attend Smith J D Middle School usually attend:

High:

Rancho High School

Feeder schools for Smith J D Middle School:

Elementary:	Hewetson Halle Elementary School
	Lunt Robert Elementary School
	Squires C P Elementary School
	Williams Tom Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

85.1%

African American:

9.2%

White:

3.4%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 7th percentile in 2014 → 11th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Nevada average (18% vs 39% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (11th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (37% vs 26% Nevada)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school18%

District avg36%

Nevada avg39%

131^st of 148

Nevada public middle schools ?

Bottom 11%▼ down 2 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

44^th of 56Middle 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
2026	12.2	131 of 148	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	9.6	147 of 151	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.6	150 of 153	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.3	147 of 152	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.7	144 of 151	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.8	149 of 159	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.7	103 of 114	9.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	15.4	114 of 126	9.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	13.7	106 of 122	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	10.6	109 of 117	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	13.4	108 of 121	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	4.3	82 of 84	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	3.1	77 of 82	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	7.4	76 of 83	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	8.1	73 of 82	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	10.4	61 of 71	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	22.7	47 of 59	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	37.5	45 of 75	40.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	17.4	92 of 106	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	20.9	80 of 95	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	22.6	81 of 100	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	14.4	96 of 108	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	29.5	69 of 84	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2018)40th percentile+30 vs school

African American (2018)20th percentile+11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2018)19th percentile+9 vs school

Special Education (2018)18th percentile+8 vs school

Hispanic (2018)16th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2018)13th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2018)11th percentile~ school

By subject vs Nevada (2025-2026) ?

Reading23%-22 vs state

Science21%-5 vs state

Mathematics11%-25 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SBAC Mathematics (2026)				SBAC Reading (2026)				SBAC Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SBAC Mathematics 6th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 7th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 8th Grade	SBAC Mathematics All Grades	SBAC Reading 6th Grade	SBAC Reading 7th Grade	SBAC Reading 8th Grade	SBAC Reading All Grades	SBAC Science 8th Grade	SBAC Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Smith J D Middle School	Public	6-8	1880 E Stanley Ave	North Las Vegas	89030	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-7080	1,181	58	20.3	100.0%	40 (3.4%)	109 (9.2%)	1,005 (85.1%)	5 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	20 (1.7%)	12.2	131^st of 148 public middle schools	11.5%		9.6	147^th of 151 public middle schools	2.6%	16	10.4	11.1	11.7	11.1	20.9	26.0	23.0	23.3	21.0	21.0	$12,670	$2,026	$10,645
Bridger Jim Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	2505 N Bruce St	North Las Vegas	89030	Clark County	Clark County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(702) 799-7185	1,072	55	19.4	100.0%	42 (3.9%)	134 (12.5%)	859 (80.1%)	6 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	7 (0.7%)	21 (2.0%)	22	112^th of 148 public middle schools	24.3%		20.8	115^th of 151 public middle schools	23.8%	3	18.0	21.6	17.6	19.0	25.5	32.5	31.2	29.7	26.8	26.8	$12,766	$1,968	$10,798
Von Tobel Educational Middle School	Public	6-8	2436 N Pecos Rd	Las Vegas	89115	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-7280	866	46	18.8	100.0%	20 (2.3%)	111 (12.8%)	714 (82.4%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (2.0%)	11.1	135^th of 148 public middle schools	8.8%		10	145^th of 151 public middle schools	4.0%	10	12.7	12.4	10.0	11.7	19.3	25.1	18.6	21.1	19.3	19.3	$13,495	$1,922	$11,573
Mackey Jo Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	2726 Englestad Street	North Las Vegas	89030	Clark County	Clark County	No	Yes	No	No	(702) 799-7139	244	14	17.4	100.0%	27 (11.1%)	84 (34.4%)	107 (43.9%)	10 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	13 (5.3%)	56.5	61^st of 148 public middle schools	58.8%		67.4	50^th of 151 public middle schools	66.9%	11	35.7	27.7	25.2	29.5	51.1	54.2	57.4	54.3	39.0	39.0	$00	$00	$00
Martin Roy W Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	200 N 28th Street	Las Vegas	89101	Clark County	Clark County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(702) 799-7922	1,136	59	19.2	100.0%	50 (4.4%)	202 (17.8%)	812 (71.5%)	27 (2.4%)	5 (0.4%)	5 (0.4%)	35 (3.1%)	13.2	128^th of 148 public middle schools	13.5%		13.8	128^th of 151 public middle schools	15.2%		16.2	13.6	7.6	12.4	21.1	27.1	24.4	24.1	20.8	20.8	$14,066	$1,847	$12,219
Democracy Prep at Agassi Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	1201 W Lake Mead Blvd	Las Vegas	89106	Clark County	State Sponsored Charter Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(702) 316-2410	362	9	40.2	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	276 (76.2%)	81 (22.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	34.5	88^th of 148 public middle schools	40.5%		26.3	106^th of 151 public middle schools	29.8%	18	34.1	31.0	23.2	29.8	27.0	28.9	45.2	32.9			$9,543	$1,328	$8,215
Sedway Marvin M Middle School	Public	6-8	3465 Englestad St	North Las Vegas	89032	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-3880	1,038	43	24.1	100.0%	35 (3.4%)	263 (25.3%)	685 (66.0%)	19 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (0.8%)	27 (2.6%)	10	140^th of 148 public middle schools	5.4%		10	144^th of 151 public middle schools	4.6%	4	9.8	11.2	9.8	10.3	18.0	21.8	26.6	22.5	11.1	11.1	$14,860	$2,414	$12,447
Monaco Mario C & JoAnne Middle School	Public	6-8	1870 N Lamont St	Las Vegas	89115	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-3670	925	58	15.9	100.0%	27 (2.9%)	139 (15.0%)	735 (79.5%)	9 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.5%)	11	136^th of 148 public middle schools	8.1%		13.7	129^th of 151 public middle schools	14.6%	7	11.8	13.2	8.3	10.9	19.4	27.7	21.0	22.6	16.3	16.3	$14,145	$2,427	$11,718
Knudson K O Academy of the Arts	Public, Magnet	6-8	2400 Atlantic St	Las Vegas	89104	Clark County	Clark County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(702) 799-7470	1,176	62	18.9	100.0%	111 (9.4%)	137 (11.6%)	838 (71.3%)	26 (2.2%)	2 (0.2%)	9 (0.8%)	53 (4.5%)	34.7	87^th of 148 public middle schools	41.2%		29.3	100^th of 151 public middle schools	33.8%	13	22.2	17.1	16.5	18.6	36.2	42.9	44.5	41.2	36.8	36.8	$14,404	$2,048	$12,356
Fremont John C Professional Dev Middle School	Public	6-8	1100 E St Louis Ave	Las Vegas	89104	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-5558	651	33	19.7	100.0%	29 (4.5%)	67 (10.3%)	504 (77.4%)	21 (3.2%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	26 (4.0%)	51.5	68^th of 148 public middle schools	54.1%		44.1	80^th of 151 public middle schools	47.0%	12	33.3	33.1	30.6	32.5	42.4	54.6	50.2	48.5	30.6	30.6	$16,423	$1,918	$14,504

Frequently Asked Questions about Smith J D Middle School

What is the racial makeup of Smith J D Middle School?

Students at Smith J D Middle School are 85% Hispanic, 9% African American, 3% White, 2% Two or more races.

How many students attend Smith J D Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,181 students attended Smith J D Middle School.

What high school do graduates of Smith J D Middle School attend?

Students who attend Smith J D Middle School usually go on to attend Rancho High School

What district is Smith J D Middle School in?

Clark County

Is Smith J D Middle School a good school?

Smith J D Middle School ranks in the bottom 11.5% of Nevada middle schools.

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