The top reported proficiency rate is 29% in English language arts. The lowest is 1% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Cahlan Marion Es
Cahlan Marion Elementary sits on Ft Sumter Drive in North Las Vegas, serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as part of the Clark County School District. It is a regular public school in a city that blends master-planned residential communities with large industrial and warehouse corridors. North Las Vegas has been one of the fastest-growing places in the country, with publicly reported population growth pushing the city well past its census figures from earlier in the decade. The school draws from a working-class, predominantly residential corner of a suburb where employers like Nellis Air Force Base, Amazon, and Sephora anchor the economy alongside a growing slate of high-tech and green-energy firms.
The student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic, with a smaller Black population and very small white, multiracial, and other groups rounding it out. Every student at the school qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which marks this as a community serving families under consistent economic pressure. The enrollment is moderate for an elementary school spread across those early grades. We looked for English-learner and special-education counts but found neither reported, so those populations cannot be characterized here.
On state assessments, Cahlan Marion's results are sobering. In math, roughly a quarter of tested students reached proficiency on the SBAC in the most recent year. English language arts was similar, with just under a third of students clearing the proficiency bar. Science was far weaker: nearly none of the tested students reached proficiency. Participation was strong across all three subjects, so the low scores are not a function of students sitting out the test. Average scale scores were not available, and no multi-year trend data was provided, so it is impossible to say whether performance is moving in a particular direction. A parent weighing this school may want to ask administration what interventions are in place for reading and math, and what the plan is for science instruction specifically, given how few students are meeting that bar.
Several data sections that would help a parent round out the picture were simply absent. There is no locale classification, no discipline data, no course-access or program listing, no staffing information, and no attendance figures. Civil-rights data was not provided. The school is not a charter and has no magnet designation. Title I status was not reported, though the universal free-or-reduced-lunch rate strongly suggests the school serves a high-poverty population. Without staffing or program data, there is no way to describe class sizes, specialist offerings, or extracurriculars from the evidence at hand.
The housing market around the school is relatively affordable for the Las Vegas Valley. Typical home values in the school's zip code sit well below the state benchmark and modestly below the national one, and home values have been edging down recently. Rents, meanwhile, have been rising, though rent relative to income remains in a manageable range for the area. For a family considering buying near the school, the price-to-income ratio is elevated enough to warrant budgeting carefully, but the entry point is lower than much of the surrounding metro. The built environment is car-dependent, with parks and recreation centers rather than a walkable downtown serving as community gathering points. The city maintains dozens of parks and a growing regional trail network along the Las Vegas Wash, and three library branches are spread across different neighborhoods.
Cahlan Marion is a school serving a high-need population in an affordable, fast-growing suburb. Its academic results are below what most families would hope for, especially in science, and the available data does not surface programmatic strengths or staffing details that might offset that picture. Families considering this school should go in with eyes open on the proficiency numbers and ask direct questions about what the campus is doing to move them.
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