The top reported proficiency rate is 46% in English language arts. The lowest is 19% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Diskin P a Es
Diskin P A ES is a regular public elementary school in Las Vegas, serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as part of the Clark County School District. It sits in a neighborhood where the housing market has softened recently, with home values dipping modestly year over year. Typical home values in the surrounding area run below the statewide benchmark, and rents remain relatively affordable compared with mortgage costs, which makes the area attractive to renters. Monthly rent here is lower than the estimated monthly mortgage on a typical home, so a family weighing renting versus buying in this ZIP code may find renting the more straightforward option given current mortgage rates.
The school serves a large student body for an elementary, and its demographic profile is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial Black population and smaller groups of White, Asian, and multiracial students. Every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which reflects the economic profile of the surrounding community. The data did not include English-learner or special-education counts, so a parent wanting to understand those supports would need to ask the school directly.
On the most recent state assessments, Diskin's results were mixed. English language arts proficiency landed close to the middle range, with just under half of tested students meeting or exceeding standards. Math was somewhat lower, with proficiency in the low forties. Science was the weakest area by a wide margin, with only a small share of tested fifth-graders reaching proficiency. Participation was strong across all three subjects, which means the results reflect nearly the full tested population rather than a skewed subset. These are Clark County School District SBAC results, so the comparison frame is the Nevada state assessment system.
A parent reading these results should keep a few things in context. Science is tested only at fifth grade in this band, so the proficiency figure reflects a single cohort and a single year, not a trend across grades. The school does not appear to have prior-year comparable data available, so there is no way to tell from this information whether performance is improving, declining, or holding steady. That gap in trend data limits what a parent can read into the direction of the school. A direct conversation with school leadership about how they are addressing science outcomes, and how ELA and math results compare to their own internal goals, would be worthwhile.
Because this is a pre-K through grade-five school, there is no graduation rate, no AP or career-pathway data, and no high school course access to speak of. Those measures simply do not apply here. The data also did not include discipline information, staffing ratios, attendance figures, or any program-specific offerings such as arts, music, or extracurricular activities. Without that, a parent cannot get a full picture of the school environment from the available data alone. Visiting the campus, asking about teacher experience and turnover, and learning what enrichment or intervention programs exist would help fill in what the numbers do not show.
Clark County School District is a very large system, and the district brief did not surface any recent policy, curriculum, or funding changes with direct parent impact. That does not mean nothing is happening; it means the search did not return anything concrete enough to report. A parent may want to check the district's own communications for updates that did not surface here.
In short, Diskin is a standard neighborhood elementary school serving a working-class community in southwest Las Vegas. Its academic results are middling in reading and math, clearly weaker in science, with universal economic need across the student body. For a family living nearby or considering the area for its relatively affordable housing, the school is a workable option, but one where a parent would benefit from asking pointed questions about academic improvement plans, especially in science, and about the supports available to students given that the entire student population qualifies for free or reduced lunch.
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