Summary:
ZIP code 89147, in Las Vegas, is served by a single middle school: Lawrence Clifford J Junior High School, which enrolls 1,227 students in grades 6 through 8 as part of the Clark County school district. Because it is the only middle school in this ZIP code, there are no nearby middle schools to compare it against; the most useful benchmarks are its district and Nevada statewide averages. The school serves a high-poverty student population, with 100% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch.
On statewide rankings, the school has been stable but sits in the lower-middle range: 93rd of 148 schools, roughly the 37th percentile, with 2 stars in each of the last three reported years. The district itself is stronger, ranking 5th of 12 districts in Nevada at the 58th percentile with 4 stars. Mathematics is the clearest weakness — 20.9% proficiency across all grades, 12.9 points below the district and 15.3 points below the state, with 7th grade especially low at 17.5%. Reading is closer to benchmarks at 38.2%, still about 5 points under the district, though 8th-grade reading (39.6%) edges just past the district. Science is the most volatile subject: 35.4% in 2024–2025, well above district and state, then 25.0% in 2025–2026, a drop of 10.4 points.
Attendance is another concern, with chronic absenteeism at 28.2% — above the district’s 27.0% and the state’s 25.5%. Per-student spending is $13,895 and the student-teacher ratio is 20.4; these figures describe the school’s resources but have no direct comparison points in this data. Overall, families should know this is the only middle school option in the ZIP code: a large, high-poverty campus with steady but below-average state rankings, a bright spot in 8th-grade reading, a strong science result in 2024–2025 that did not hold, and mathematics as the biggest area needing improvement.
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