Summary:
ZIP code 89131 in northwest Las Vegas is home to four elementary-level schools — three PK–5 campuses in Clark County and one K–8 campus in State Sponsored Charter Schools — enrolling about 2,725 students combined.
Two schools stand out. Ward Kitty McDonough Elementary School is the area's top performer: 29th of 376 schools, 92nd percentile, 5 stars, with the group's highest Reading (73.4%) and Math (64.4%) proficiency and the lowest chronic absenteeism among the Clark County schools at 13.9%. It achieves this with 100% free/reduced lunch. Coral Academy Centennial Hills leads on attendance (10.7% chronic absenteeism) and Science (41.5% All Grades, including 56.8% in 8th grade), with standout grade-level results such as 81% in 6th grade Math. It ranks 39th of 376 (90th percentile, 4 stars) while reporting the lowest per-student spending ($8,020) and highest student-teacher ratio (24.5) in the group; its 27.7% free/reduced lunch rate reflects a different school context.
Heckethorn Howard E Elementary School has the largest enrollment (778) and stays above district and state in Math (51.8%) and Reading (57.0%), but its rank slipped from 71st to 97th to 110th, and its 23.1% chronic absenteeism is the highest here. Rhodes Betsy Elementary School is the smallest (570) with the lowest student-teacher ratio (15.0) and the highest per-student spending ($13,338), posting 50.7% Math and 60.0% Reading with 20.1% absenteeism. Notably, every school in this ZIP code exceeds its district and the state in All Grades Math and Reading. On grade-5 Science, all four are above the district's 15.8% and the state's 17.4%.
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