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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 89103


At a glance
6
Schools
3,106
Students
Top rankedGuinn Kenny C Middle School57th of 148 Nevada middle schools
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Biggest riser
Decker C H Elementary School up 24 spots statewide this year
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Smallest classes
South Academic Center J-Senior High School 7.1 students per teacher
Summary:

ZIP 89103 in Las Vegas, NV has six public schools in the Clark County district—three elementary, one middle, and two high schools (one serving grades 6-12, one 9-12)—serving about 3,106 students. Most students are in elementary (1,898) or middle (1,069) grades; the two high schools enroll only 139 students combined. The district is rated 5th of 12, 58th percentile, 4 stars. Five of six schools report 100% free/reduced lunch. Values marked '—' are suppressed by the state and are unknown, not zero.

Among assessed schools, Guinn Kenny C Middle School is the academic anchor: 46.7% reading, 37.9% math, 38.8% science—science is 13.3 points above state. Decker C H Elementary School has the ZIP’s highest math (41%). Thiriot Joseph E Elementary School has the lowest chronic absenteeism (19.0%) and reading at 45.2%, but 5th grade math is 17.9%. Dondero Harvey N Elementary School improved (rank 22nd→33rd, 1→2 stars) but science is 8% and absenteeism 27.6%.

The two high schools, South Academic Center J-Senior High School and Burk Horizon-Southwest Sunset High School, are tiny, share an address, have very high chronic absenteeism (67.6% and 57.5%), very high per-student spending ($37,073 and $47,622), and suppressed test scores. Across the four assessed schools, math improved year over year; reading improved at three. Science remains uneven—Guinn is far above state, Dondero far below—and Thiriot/Decker science is suppressed.

Ranking:
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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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