The top reported proficiency rate is 25% in English language arts. The lowest is 6% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Democracy Prep at Agassi Elementary
Democracy Prep at Agassi Elementary is a public charter school on Las Vegas's west side, serving kindergarten through fifth grade. It sits on Lake Mead Boulevard in the 89106 zip code, an area where home values and rents run below both state and national benchmarks and have been softening recently. For families weighing a move here, housing is relatively affordable by Las Vegas-area standards, and the rental market is modest compared with the broader region. The school draws an enrollment that is predominantly Black, with a substantial Hispanic share and very small representation from other racial groups. Every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which tells you the school is serving a community with concentrated economic need. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not available, so we cannot characterize those populations here.
As an elementary school, Democracy Prep at Agassi has no graduation rate, no high school course offerings, and no AP or career-pathway programs to speak of. Those gaps reflect the grade band, not missing ambition. The school does report state assessment results for the tested grades it serves, and those numbers tell a story worth engaging with directly.
On the SBAC math assessment, proficiency sits at roughly a fifth of tested students. In English language arts, the share of students reaching proficiency is slightly higher but still below a quarter. Science proficiency, measured in the grade band the state tests at this level, is very low. Participation was strong across all three subjects. These are soft results, and a parent considering this school may want to look into how the school is responding, what instructional supports are in place, and how growth measures look for individual students. The state did not provide trend data that would let us say whether performance is moving up or down, so we cannot place these numbers in a directional context. Without multi-year comparability, a single year's proficiency is the available evidence, and it points to real academic challenges.
The school operates under the Nevada State Public Charter School Authority, which has been expanding charter options across the state. Publicly reported district-level information notes that the authority has opened many new charter campuses over a recent span, including several in the Las Vegas area, and more are scheduled to open in the coming school year. One Las Vegas K-8 charter closed after a single year, which is a reminder that charter options in this area can be volatile, with new schools opening and others shutting their doors. For a parent, that means the broader charter landscape is growing but shifting, and individual school stability is worth asking about.
Democracy Prep as an organization is part of a national charter network known for a civic-minded mission, though the data provided does not include program details specific to this campus. We looked for information on extracurricular offerings, instructional approach, staffing ratios, discipline practices, and attendance patterns, and none was available in the data we received. Those are areas where a family would want to ask the school directly.
What the evidence supports is a characterization of a small elementary charter serving an almost entirely low-income, predominantly Black student body in an affordable corner of Las Vegas. The academic results from the most recent state testing are weak across all three subjects. A family considering this school should weigh its mission and accessibility against those outcomes, ask hard questions about the academic plan, and seek growth data the state summary does not provide. The housing market nearby is relatively accessible, which may matter for families trying to settle close to the school, but the academic picture is one that calls for scrutiny rather than assumption.
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