The top reported proficiency rate is 66% in English language arts. The lowest is 28% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Bracken Walter Es
Bracken Walter Elementary sits on North 27th Street in Las Vegas, serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the Clark County School District. The enrollment is moderate for an elementary grade band, and every student in the building qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which signals a community facing concentrated economic need. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller Black, white, multiracial, and Asian populations rounding out the school. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not reported, so those proportions are unknown here.
On state assessments, the school's English language arts results stand out as a clear strength. A strong majority of tested students in grades three through eight reached proficiency on the SBAC, which is a solid showing for an elementary school serving a high-poverty population. Math results are also respectable, with roughly half of tested students meeting the proficiency bar. Science is the softer area: a smaller share of the tested cohort reached proficiency, and a parent may want to look into science instruction and support further with the school. Participation rates were strong across all three subjects, suggesting the school is capturing nearly all eligible students for testing. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is unclear whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability over time. The school's average scale scores were also not reported, which limits the picture to proficiency rates alone.
The surrounding neighborhood, in the 89101 zip code, offers a more affordable entry point into Las Vegas housing than much of the metro. Typical home values sit below both the Nevada state benchmark and the national one, and values have edged down slightly over the past year. Rents are modest by regional standards and have crept up only marginally. Even so, the price-to-income ratio runs above the national figure, meaning that buying a home here still demands a sizable share of local earnings relative to many parts of the country. Renting absorbs a smaller portion of income than the estimated monthly mortgage on a typical home, which may push some families toward renting rather than buying in this area. Mortgage rates have hovered in the mid-sixes recently, adding to the cost of ownership.
Clark County School District is the governing district, and we searched for recent parent-relevant changes such as policy shifts, curriculum updates, or tax and referendum actions. The search did not turn up material that spoke directly to those topics, so there is little to report on the district-level change front. A parent tracking district decisions would want to consult the district directly.
Several pieces of context that would help round out the picture were absent from the available data. No locale brief was provided for the school's immediate area, so details about neighborhood character, nearby amenities, or community life are not captured here. No comparison fact-set was available to position the school against its neighbors. Civil-rights data, program offerings, staffing figures, discipline data, attendance rates, and course-access information were also not reported. Title I status and magnet designation were not specified, though the universal free-or-reduced-price-lunch figure and the school's regular public designation give a reasonable sense of its profile.
What the data does convey is an elementary school serving a high-need community in an affordable corner of Las Vegas, producing respectable literacy results, holding its own in math, and facing a clear challenge in science. Families considering this school would benefit from asking about science instruction, supports for English learners if applicable, and any enrichment or intervention programs the school offers that the available data did not capture.
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