Schools in Zip Code 89015

Zip code 89015 in Henderson is home to 13 schools — 7 elementary, 2 middle, 3 high, and 1 alternative — split between Clark County (8 schools) and State Sponsored Charter Schools (5 schools), with roughly 10,818 students enrolled in total.

The standouts are clear. McCaw Gordon Elementary School is the top performer in the area, earning 5 stars and ranking 10th of 376 elementary schools (97th percentile), with math at 72.2%, reading at 79.0%, and science at 49.5% — even though 100% of its students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Among charters, Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Horizon reached the 80th percentile (4 stars) with math at 63.7% and reading at 62.0%, while Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Cadence posted math at 64.1%, reading at 67.2%, and ACT English at 75.3%. The very small Nevada State High School Downtown Henderson (100 students) earned 4 stars with ACT math at 39.5%. Among middle schools, Burkholder Lyal Academy of Environmental Science outperformed Brown B Mahlon Junior High School in every subject and lifted its rank percentile from 31% to 65%.

The contrasts matter just as much. Taylor Robert L Elementary School has the lowest proficiency in the list (math 12.8%, reading 16.9%) and 41.5% chronic absenteeism — despite the highest per-student spending ($20,310) and the lowest student-teacher ratio (13.4). Sewell C T Elementary School shows a similar pattern. Basic Academy of Int'l Studies High School graduates 94.4% of its students but posts ACT math at 14% and 42.4% absenteeism. Science is a frequent weak spot, and shared district labels can hide large school-level gaps — Clark County schools alone range from 0-star, 8th-percentile results to a 5-star, 97th-percentile campus. Several test scores are suppressed, some lunch and absenteeism fields are not reported here, and the extreme student-teacher ratios at the virtual and early-college schools should be read cautiously rather than as quality measures.