The top reported proficiency rate is 37% in English language arts. The lowest is 8% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Antonello Lee Es
Antonello Lee Elementary sits on West Tropical Parkway in North Las Vegas, serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as part of the Clark County School District. The enrollment is moderate for an elementary school of this grade band, and every student in the building qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school firmly in a high-poverty context. The student body is majority Hispanic, with sizable Black and white populations and a smaller share of multiracial students. Data on English learners and special-education enrollment was not available, so those pictures remain incomplete here.
On state assessments, Antonello Lee's results paint a mixed academic profile. English language arts proficiency sits below the midpoint, with roughly a third of tested students reaching proficiency. Math is lower still, with just under a third meeting that bar. Science results are quite low, with only a small fraction of tested students demonstrating proficiency. Participation is strong across all three subjects, which means the results reflect nearly the full tested population rather than a skewed sample. Average scale scores were not reported, and no multi-year trend data was available, so there is no way to read whether these numbers represent improvement, decline, or stability. A parent weighing this school may want to ask directly what the campus is doing in math and science instruction, and whether recent changes are in flight.
The surrounding community shapes what kind of place this is. North Las Vegas is a suburban city within the Las Vegas metropolitan area, built around master-planned communities like Aliante and Eldorado, separated from large industrial and warehouse-distribution corridors. The built environment is car-dependent, with parks, recreation centers, and three full-service libraries serving as the real gathering points rather than a traditional downtown. The city has invested in paved regional trails along the Las Vegas Wash, connecting to a broader Southern Nevada trail system. Major employers range from Nellis Air Force Base and the Department of Energy Nevada Test Site to Amazon fulfillment and Sephora distribution centers, with solar and green-technology firms moving in. The region has been among the fastest-growing in the United States, and home prices in the area have risen sharply over the past several years.
Housing in the school's zip code tells its own story. Home values sit below the Nevada state benchmark but above the national one, and both values and rents have edged downward recently. For families considering the area, renting remains meaningfully cheaper than buying on a monthly basis, and the rent-to-income ratio is moderate. The price-to-income ratio is elevated, which reflects the broader reality of the Las Vegas Valley housing market where prices have outrun local wages.
Several pieces of information were not available and are worth naming. The school's Title I status was not reported, though the universal free-or-reduced-price-lunch rate suggests the campus almost certainly operates under that designation. Discipline data, staffing levels, attendance patterns, course access, and civil-rights indicators were all absent from the available record, so none of those dimensions can be characterized here. No program offerings were listed, so whether the school provides dual-language, gifted, arts, or other enrichment programming is not something this data can confirm. The district brief for Clark County returned no parent-relevant policy or curriculum changes, so there is nothing to report on that front.
What the data does say is this: Antonello Lee is a neighborhood elementary school serving an economically disadvantaged, predominantly Hispanic and Black student population in a fast-growing, working-class suburb of North Las Vegas. State test results show real ground to cover, particularly in math and science, while participation is solid. Families considering this school would do well to visit the campus, ask about instructional priorities in the tested subjects, and learn what support structures exist for students reading and working below grade level.
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