Summary:
ZIP code 89101 contains 10 elementary schools serving about 3,734 students, with most offering PK–5 and Strong Start Academy serving K–5. Nine schools are in the Clark County district, while Strong Start Academy belongs to State Sponsored Charter Schools. Enrollment varies widely, from 23 to 574 students. Two schools, Variety Elementary School (28 students) and Miley Achievement Center Elementary School (23 students), are so small that they should not be compared directly with full-size elementary schools. All 10 report 100% free/reduced lunch, so economic need is uniformly high across the area.
Two schools stand out sharply from the rest. Strong Start Academy is the top academic performer, with 65.9% math and 81.9% reading proficiency, a 5-star rating, 93rd percentile rank, and 12.9% chronic absenteeism — all well above its charter district and the state. Bracken Walter Elementary School is the highest-performing Clark County school in the ZIP, posting 54.0% math, 60.5% reading, and 34.0% science, a 4-star rating at the 81st percentile, and the lowest chronic absenteeism here at 8.4%, even with below-average spending of $14,568 per student.
Results drop off noticeably everywhere else. The remaining schools with reported scores generally fall between 13.9% and 31.6% in math and reading, below district and state averages. Lunt Robert Elementary School has the lowest math proficiency in the ZIP at 13.9%, while Sunrise Acres Elementary School has the highest chronic absenteeism among comprehensive schools at 40.0%. Science results are suppressed for every school except Bracken, so science performance elsewhere is unknown, and Variety and Miley have all test scores suppressed. In short, 89101 is a high-poverty ZIP with two clear exceptions and many schools well below district and state levels.
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