The top reported proficiency rate is 47% in English language arts. The lowest is 18% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Kim Frank Es
Kim Frank Elementary sits on Peace Way in the western reaches of Las Vegas, serving children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as part of the Clark County School District. It is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and it draws a moderately sized enrollment for its grade band. The student body skews heavily Hispanic, with White, Black, Asian, multiracial, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students rounding out a genuinely diverse community. Every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which tells you this is a school serving a population with substantial economic need. Data on English learners and special-education enrollment was not reported, so those details are left out rather than estimated.
On state assessments, the most recent results offer a mixed but readable picture. In English language arts, nearly half of tested students reached proficiency, which sits in a solid middle range for an elementary school with this demographic profile. Math results were a notch lower, with roughly two-fifths of tested students proficient. Science was the soft spot, with only a small fraction of tested fifth-graders reaching proficiency. Participation was strong across all three subjects. A parent looking at the science number may want to ask the school how science instruction is structured across the upper elementary grades, since a result this low often reflects thin instructional time or resource gaps rather than student ability. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is impossible to say whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability. Average scale scores were also missing from the source data.
The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report, and that absence reflects the grade band rather than any performance gap. No information was available on program offerings, course access, staffing ratios, attendance patterns, or discipline data. Title I status was not reported either, though the universal free-or-reduced-price lunch rate strongly suggests the school operates under a community-eligibility or similar provision. A parent wanting to understand enrichment opportunities, after-school programs, or classroom support would need to contact the school directly, because none of that surfaced in the available data.
Housing in the surrounding zip code tells a practical story for families considering the area. Typical home values sit below the Nevada state benchmark and modestly above the national one, and values have been drifting downward over the past year. Rents have crept up slightly but remain in a range where renting is meaningfully cheaper per month than carrying a mortgage at current rates, given a roughly twenty percent down payment assumption. The price-to-income ratio suggests buying here is more attainable than in many metros, though current mortgage rates keep monthly carrying costs real. Unemployment nationally sits in a stable range, and median household income has been on a gradual upward trajectory over the past several years, which provides some economic backdrop for the neighborhood even though the school's own population is universally economically disadvantaged.
The Clark County School District is enormous and complex, and a search for recent parent-relevant policy, curriculum, or funding changes turned up little that is specific and durable. Results focused on county geography and governance structure rather than classroom-level shifts. That gap is named here rather than filled with speculation.
What a parent gets at Kim Frank is a standard neighborhood elementary pathway in a diverse, working-class corner of southwest Las Vegas, with literacy results that hold their own and math results that are adequate but not strong. The science outcome is the clearest area to probe. The school's economic profile means it likely receives federal supports, and the universal lunch eligibility signals a community where the school is a central institution for families. For a family already in or near this zip code, the housing is relatively accessible and the school provides a conventional public elementary experience. For a family choosing among options, the ELA results suggest real teaching effort, while the science and math numbers are worth a direct conversation with school leadership before deciding.
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