Summary:
ZIP code 89129 in Las Vegas, Nevada is home to two middle schools serving grades 6–8 — Leavitt Justice Myron E Middle School and Molasky Irwin & Susan Junior High School — both part of the Clark County school district and together enrolling 2,311 students.
Both campuses serve populations where 100% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch and share the same district context, which makes them easy to compare directly. Leavitt is the stronger of the two, outperforming Molasky in every subject at every grade level. Leavitt's standout result is science: 37.4% proficiency, above both the district (23.5%) and the state (25.5%). Its 7th grade reading score of 53.0% is the highest single grade-level result at either school. Leavitt also matches the state in reading (45.0% vs. 45.2%) and has lower chronic absenteeism (21.2% versus 26.4% at Molasky), which is better than both the district and state averages.
Molasky is the lowest-ranked school in this ZIP, trailing Leavitt by double digits in every subject — its 8th grade math score of 10.2% is the lowest number in the data set, and its science score slipped from 20.8% to 17.1% year over year. Still, Molasky's three-year rank has improved (128 → 124 → 116) and its math and reading scores ticked up slightly. Notably, Molasky spends $15,886 per student versus Leavitt's $11,160 and has slightly smaller classes (20.2 vs. 21.1 students per teacher), so neither higher spending nor smaller class size tracks with higher achievement here. Leavitt's state rank dipped to 77 of 148 (2 stars), though its science score improved.
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