Summary
Park John S Elementary School is a PK–5 neighborhood school at 931 Franklin Ave in the east-central Las Vegas corridor (89104), serving 551 students as part of the Clark County school district, where 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On Nevada's 2025-26 accountability ranking it placed 324th of 376 elementary schools — the 14th percentile, 1 star, and its lowest standing in ten years of records.
The most telling comparison sits 0.8 miles away. Crestwood Elementary School enrolls the same 551 students, has the same 17.2 student-teacher ratio, and spends nearly the same amount per student ($17,403 versus $17,837). Yet Crestwood posts 41.1% math and 41.5% reading against Park's 25.7% and 28.7%, with 14.6% chronic absenteeism against Park's 35.3%. Park's own scores have stayed roughly flat while the district climbed, so its reading gap against Clark County has roughly tripled in four years, reaching 14.6 points. Fifth-grade reading is the widest gap anywhere in the data — 21.6 points below district — and reading is nearly identical in grades 3, 4, and 5 (28.3, 28.7, 29.1), which points to a school-wide instructional issue rather than one weak class.
Attendance is the clearest lever. Park has exceeded district and state chronic absenteeism in every measured year, and its 2025-26 rate of 35.3% sits 8.3 points above district and 9.8 above state — though it did fall to 30.2% in 2024-25, showing progress is possible. Per-student spending rose 59% in four years, from $11,201 to $17,837, without a matching gain in rank. Locally, Park's math proficiency is second-highest among eight nearby Clark County schools, and its English Language Learner students ranked at the 46th percentile in 2017-18, above the school as a whole. For context, Strong Start Academy, a charter 0.69 miles away with the same 100% free/reduced-lunch population, posts 65.9% math and 81.9% reading.
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