Summary:
ZIP code 89121, in the eastern Las Vegas valley, is home to 16 schools — 10 elementary, 3 middle, 2 high, and 1 alternative — serving roughly 13,361 students across Clark County and State Sponsored Charter Schools.
Academic results here are split. Mater Mountain Vista and Discovery Charter School Sandhill lead on test scores: Mater's all-grade proficiency is 48.0% in math, 57.1% in reading, and 29.7% in science, above state figures of 36.2%, 45.2%, and 25.5%, and Discovery posts 44.4% in math and 54.6% in reading with especially strong 4th- and 5th-grade reading. Ferron William E Elementary School is the strongest traditional Clark County elementary for proficiency (38.8% math, 44.2% reading), and NV Rise Academy Charter School reaches 39.0% math and 48.0% reading. These schools also report comparatively low chronic absenteeism — 13.1% at Mater, 14.6% at Ferron, 16.1% at NV Rise — against a state rate of 25.5%.
Concerns concentrate in the ZIP's largest schools. Across 15 schools reporting attendance, average chronic absenteeism is about 31.6% and the median 27.8%, both above the 27.0% district and 25.5% state rates; ten schools exceed the state figure, led by Miller John F at 57.3%, Chaparral High School at 53.5%, and Discovery at 44.6%. NV Learning Academy J-Senior High School, the ZIP's largest school with 3,352 students, graduates 63.1% and posts 9.2% math and 19.6% reading proficiency. Chaparral shows the sharpest gap: a 90.5% graduation rate that beats district and state, yet near-bottom school rank, chronic absenteeism of 53.5%, and ACT math under 5%. Miller costs $64,691 per student with a 4.4 student-teacher ratio but has the highest absenteeism in the ZIP. Many science and small-school values are suppressed by the state and should be read as unknown, not zero.
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