Summary:
Zip code 89032 is home to two middle schools, both in the Clark County district and both serving grades 6–8: Sedway Marvin M Middle School (1,038 students) and Swainston Theron L Middle School (1,020 students). Together they enroll 2,058 middle schoolers, and both report 100% free/reduced lunch, so families are choosing between two large, economically similar campuses.
Swainston Theron L Middle School is the stronger of the pair on most aggregate measures. Its 2025–2026 all-grade proficiency tops Sedway Marvin M Middle School in math (11.7% vs 10.3%), reading (24.8% vs 22.5%), and science (17.4% vs 11.1%). Swainston's chronic absenteeism is 25.2% — near the state average — versus 39.5% at Sedway, where nearly 4 in 10 students are chronically absent. Swainston also ranks higher (129 of 148, 13th percentile, 1 star) than Sedway (140 of 148, 5th percentile, 0 stars). Notably, Sedway spends more per student ($14,860 vs $11,757) without the same outcomes, though higher spending may reflect greater student needs rather than how funds are used.
Grade-level results add nuance: Swainston leads in 6th and 7th grade, including 7th grade reading by 9.2 points, while Sedway's 8th graders outperform Swainston's in reading by 6.4 points and in math by 4.2 points. Math is the weakest subject at both schools, with roughly 1 in 10 students proficient. Neither school performs well in absolute terms — both sit in the bottom 5–13% of ranked Nevada schools and well below district and state proficiency — so "standout" here is relative within a low-performing pair.
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