Summary:
ZIP code 89030 in North Las Vegas contains 16 schools — 10 elementary, 3 middle, 2 high and 1 alternative — serving a total of 8,705 students, with every school except CIVICA Academy belonging to the Clark County district; CIVICA operates under State Sponsored Charter Schools. Elementary schools hold 55.5% of students and middle schools 28.7%, while high schools account for only 3.4%. Poverty concentration is extremely high: all 15 schools that report free/reduced lunch show 100%. Median enrollment is 514.5 students, ranging from 1,181 at Smith J D Middle School down to 137 at Desert Rose High School.
Standout results cluster at a few schools. CIVICA Academy posts Math 41.3% and Reading 55.8%, above district and state, with chronic absenteeism of 21.4% — despite the lowest reported per-student spending ($9,362) and highest student-teacher ratio (41.3) in the group. Mackey Jo Middle School, with just 244 students, earns Reading 54.3% and Science 39.0%. College of So NV High School East leads on ACT English at 84.8%, and Mackey Jo Elementary School posts Math 44.1% and Reading 45.7%, though its Science is only 11.2%. Cahlan Marion Elementary School stands out in math at 38.5%.
Several schools struggle. Smith J D Middle School reports Math 11.1%, Reading 23.3% and chronic absenteeism of 37.1%. Craig Lois Elementary School posts Math 12.0%, and Williams Tom Elementary School and Squires C P Elementary School both rank near the bottom of the state. Desert Rose High School is the extreme outlier: chronic absenteeism of 79.3%, state-suppressed test scores, the highest spending ($58,793) and lowest student-teacher ratio (7.2), yet a graduation rate of 90.6%. Across the ZIP, reading generally outpaces math, and spending or class size does not reliably predict outcomes. Some scores are suppressed by the state, and Mackey Jo Middle's reported $0 spending appears to be a reporting anomaly.
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