The top reported proficiency rate is 41% in English language arts. The lowest is 22% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Sawyer Grant Ms
Sawyer Grant Middle School sits on Redwood Street in Las Vegas, serving grades six through eight as part of the Clark County School District. It is a regular public school, neither a charter nor a magnet, and its enrollment is large for a middle school, with students distributed fairly evenly across the three grade levels. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial Black population and smaller shares of Asian, white, multiracial, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students. Every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school among those serving an economically disadvantaged community. The data did not include individualized education program rates or English learner rates, so those pieces of the student profile are missing here.
State assessment results from the most recent school year tell a mixed academic story. In English language arts, roughly four in ten tested students reached proficiency, a level that suggests a meaningful share of students are reading and writing at grade level. Mathematics was the weaker area, with fewer than a quarter of tested students scoring proficient. Science proficiency fell between those two, closer to the math result. Participation rates were strong across all three subjects. No average scale scores were reported, and there is no multi-year trend data available, so it is not possible from this data to say whether performance is improving, declining, or holding steady. A parent weighing this school may want to look into what the school is doing to strengthen math outcomes specifically, and to ask how current results compare to prior years.
Because Sawyer Grant serves only middle school grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and that gap simply reflects the grade band rather than anything about the school's performance. The same applies to college readiness or career pathway data, which were not provided. Information on course access, extracurricular programs, discipline, attendance, and staffing was also absent from the available data, so this account cannot speak to those dimensions. Civil rights data was not included either. Title I status was not reported, though the universal free-or-reduced-price lunch rate suggests the school likely operates under that federal framework. A family interested in program offerings, electives, or support services would need to go directly to the school for that information.
The surrounding zip code offers a housing market that is more affordable than the Nevada state benchmark, with home values below the state level and declining modestly over the past year. Rents are also down slightly year over year. For families considering renting versus buying, renting in this area is currently cheaper on a monthly basis than carrying a mortgage, a gap that reflects both current interest rates and local price levels. The price-to-income ratio sits above the national figure, meaning homes here are somewhat expensive relative to typical incomes, though the gap is narrower than in many parts of the Las Vegas metro. The national unemployment rate has hovered in a stable range, and median household income has been on a gradual upward path.
The district brief for Clark County turned up little that is parent-relevant in terms of recent policy, curriculum, or budget changes. Searches returned county geography and government structure rather than school district decisions, so there is nothing concrete to report on that front here.
What the available picture shows is a large, economically diverse-in-need middle school in Las Vegas with moderate reading results, weaker math and science outcomes, and a student body that is predominantly Hispanic and Black. The school sits in a neighborhood where renting is the more affordable monthly option and home values have been softening. The missing pieces, from program data to staffing to trend lines, are substantial enough that a family would benefit from contacting the school directly to fill them in before making a decision.
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