The top reported proficiency rate is 56% in English language arts. The lowest is 27% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Newton Ulis Es
Newton Ulis Elementary sits on Greenway Road in Henderson, a city that has grown into Nevada's second-largest through decades of master-planned community development. The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as part of the Clark County School District, the sprawling system that educates students across the Las Vegas Valley. It is a regular public school, neither a charter nor a magnet, and it draws from a largely residential stretch of a city built around neighborhoods like Green Valley, Anthem, and Inspirada rather than a dense downtown core. Henderson is car-dependent suburban territory, connected to Las Vegas by major highways, with an extensive trail system and parks network that serves recreation more than commuting. The local economy leans on logistics, manufacturing, financial services, and data-center operations, with the city government itself as the largest single employer.
The school's enrollment is mid-sized for an elementary campus. Its student body is racially mixed, with white students forming the largest group and Hispanic students the second-largest, alongside smaller Black, multiracial, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaska Native populations. Every student at Newton Ulis qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school firmly in a community where economic need is widespread. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not reported, so those population shares are unknown. A parent evaluating support services for either group would want to ask the school directly.
On state assessments, the most recent SBAC results paint a mixed academic picture. In English language arts, a majority of tested students reached proficiency or above, which is a reasonably strong showing for an elementary school serving a universally low-income population. Math results were close to the midpoint, with nearly half of tested students proficient or above. Science was the soft spot: only about a quarter of tested students reached proficiency. The science test covers fewer grade levels than the math and ELA assessments, so the tested group is much smaller, but the result is still worth a parent's attention. A family considering this school may want to look into how science instruction is structured across the upper grades. Participation rates across all three subjects were high, which means the proficiency figures reflect nearly the full tested population rather than a self-selecting subset.
No multi-year trend data was available, so it is impossible to say from the provided information whether these results are improving, declining, or holding steady. Average scale scores were also missing. Without trend context, a parent reading these numbers should treat them as a single-year snapshot.
Because Newton Ulis is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate to report and no high school course catalog to examine. Program offerings, staffing details, discipline data, and attendance figures were not included in the available information, so those dimensions of school life remain uncharacterized here. The district-level brief searched for recent Clark County School District changes that would matter to parents but found little that surfaced in publicly reported results, so there is nothing specific to relay about district policy shifts, curriculum changes, or ballot measures.
The housing market around the school's ZIP code tells its own story. Home values in this part of Henderson sit below the statewide benchmark but above the national one, and they have drifted downward modestly over the past year. Rents have moved in the opposite direction, ticking up slightly. For a family weighing renting against buying, the estimated monthly cost of ownership exceeds the typical rent by a meaningful margin at current mortgage rates, though rents still claim a moderate share of household income relative to national norms. The broader Henderson area has attracted a growing share of bachelor's and master's degree holders, and the city has drawn advanced industries at a higher per-capita rate than the surrounding region, which may shape the kind of families moving into nearby planned communities over time.
What Newton Ulis offers, based on what is visible, is a standard elementary pathway in a suburban city that has been growing steadily for decades. Its ELA results are a genuine strength given its population. Its math results are respectable. Its science results are a area a parent should probe. The school serves a community where every child is economically disadvantaged, and it does so without the selective or magnet framework that some families seek out. For a family comfortable with a large suburban district and looking for a neighborhood elementary with decent literacy outcomes, Newton Ulis is worth understanding more deeply, starting with the questions the missing data raises.
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