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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 89002


At a glance
7
Schools
6,070
Students
2
5-star schools
Top rankedCollege of So NV High School South3rd of 105 Nevada high schools
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Biggest riser
Dooley John Elementary School up 42 spots statewide this year
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Smallest classes
Galloway Fay Elementary School 12.9 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
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Summary:

ZIP code 89002 in Henderson, Nevada is served by seven schools in the Clark County district: four elementary schools, one middle school, and two high schools, enrolling about 6,070 students combined. Elementary enrollment totals 2,044, middle school 1,463, and high school 2,563, with Foothill High School alone accounting for 2,406 students — roughly 40% of the ZIP's total. Every school shares the same district context: Clark County ranks 5th of 12 districts, at the 58th percentile, with 4 stars.

Two schools stand out. College of So NV High School South ranks 3rd of 105 high schools, at the 97th percentile, with 5 stars in all three reported years, and posts ACT English proficiency of 92.9% and ACT Math of 64.7% — roughly 42 percentage points above the state in both. Smalley James E & A Rae Elementary School ranks 4th of 376 elementary schools, at the 99th percentile, also earning 5 stars every year, with 79.2% math, 85.7% reading, and the lowest chronic absenteeism in the ZIP at 11.4%. Mannion Jack & Terry Middle School ranks 30th of 148 middle schools, at the 80th percentile with 4 stars, and posts 48.4% math and 62.2% reading.

Elsewhere, results vary widely. Foothill High School graduates 93.0% of students and beats district and state in ACT and science scores, but its rank slipped from the 73rd to the 64th percentile, now at 3 stars. Dooley John Elementary School improved to the 73rd percentile and 4 stars and has the highest per-student spending at $18,691; Walker J Marlan Int'l School Elementary School fell to the 64th percentile with science proficiency of only 14.2%; Galloway Fay Elementary School is lowest-ranked, at the 51st percentile, with the ZIP's highest absenteeism at 29.1%. Six schools report 100% free/reduced lunch, while College of So NV High School South's lunch figure is blank, and several science scores are suppressed — unknown, not zero.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Nevada Department of Education.

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