Summary:
ZIP code 89117 has three public elementary schools serving PK–5 students, all in the Clark County school district: Piggott Academy Elementary School (686 students), Derfelt Herbert A Elementary School (553), and Christensen M J Elementary School (487) — 1,726 students total. All three report 100% free/reduced lunch, so economic need is uniformly high. The district ranks 5 of 12 in Nevada at the 58th percentile with 4 stars, and its test scores run slightly below state averages.
Piggott is the clear standout. It improved its rank three years running, from 66th to 54th to 34th of about 376 ranked schools, and is now a 5-star school in the top 9% of ranked schools, with just 7.1% chronic absenteeism versus 27.0% district and 25.5% state. Its 2025–2026 all-grades proficiency is 66.8% math, 70.8% reading, and 36.5% science, above district and state in every subject. Derfelt improved from 2 to 3 stars, and its 36.3% math, 47.0% reading, and 28.3% science sit near or above district and state averages, though absenteeism is 29.1%. Christensen has held 3 stars for three years, with strong reading at 51.0% but math slightly below district at 33.5%, plus the ZIP's highest absenteeism at 34.4%. Its science results are suppressed for 2025–2026 and should be treated as unknown, not as a weakness.
The gap within this ZIP is wide: math proficiency differs by more than 30 percentage points between Piggott and Christensen. Absenteeism tracks with achievement here — the lowest-absenteeism school posts the highest scores — but with only three schools this is a pattern, not proof. Spending and class size do not line up with results either: Piggott spends the least ($14,285) and has the largest classes (16.7 students per teacher) yet achieves the most, while Derfelt spends the most ($19,014) with middling outcomes. Science is the weakest subject overall, and any ZIP-level science average rests on Piggott and Derfelt only.
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