The top reported proficiency rate is 63% in English language arts. The lowest is 35% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Cox David M Es
Cox David M Elementary School sits on Clark Drive in Henderson, Nevada, serving students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as part of the Clark County School District. It is a regular public school, not a magnet or charter, and it draws from a community where every enrolled student qualifies for free or reduced-price meals. That detail tells you something about the economic context of the families this school serves. The student body reflects Henderson's diversity, with Hispanic students forming the largest group and white students the next largest, followed by smaller populations of multiracial, Black, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaska Native students.
On state assessments, the most recent results paint a picture of a school that is performing reasonably well in core academics. In English language arts, a clear majority of tested students reached proficiency, the strongest of the three subjects reported. Math was close behind, with a majority of students proficient as well. Science was the softer area, with roughly a third of the smaller group of tested students meeting the proficiency bar. Participation was strong across all three subjects. A parent weighing these results might feel encouraged by the reading and math outcomes and want to ask the school how it approaches science instruction, since that is where the numbers dip. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is hard to say whether these results represent improvement, stability, or a recent shift. Average scale scores were also missing from the reported data.
The school sits in a mid-sized city that has grown rapidly over the past several decades. Henderson is Nevada's second-largest city, part of the Las Vegas Valley metro area, and it is largely car-dependent suburban development built around master-planned communities like Green Valley, Anthem, and Inspirada. Publicly reported sources describe a city whose economy runs on logistics, manufacturing of electric equipment and components, financial and credit services, media and sports production, and back-office management. Major employers include the city government itself, Barclays, Amazon, Dignity Health, and the Las Vegas Raiders, who maintain their headquarters and training facility in Henderson. Google also operates a data center campus in the city. The presence of Nevada State University and satellite campuses of several other colleges gives the area a higher-education footprint, though schools and civic facilities are spread across the city's large footprint rather than concentrated in a single core.
Housing in the school's zip code sits above the state benchmark and well above the national benchmark for typical home values, though values have softened recently. Rents are comparatively modest relative to local incomes, and the monthly cost of renting runs lower than the monthly cost of buying at current mortgage rates. For families considering a move into the area, renting may be the more accessible entry point, while homeownership carries a price-to-income ratio above the national average.
Several pieces of information a parent might want were not available in the data provided. The school's Title I status was not reported, nor were details on staffing, discipline, attendance, course access, or specialized programs. English learner and individualized education program rates were also missing. Because this is an elementary school serving only through fifth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and the absence of that metric reflects the grade band rather than any gap in performance. We looked for recent parent-relevant changes in the Clark County School District but found little in the way of specific policy, curriculum, or facility shifts with lasting impact, so we left that out rather than guess.
What the available picture suggests is a school serving a working-community population in a growing suburban city, with solid reading and math outcomes and a science result that merits a closer conversation with the school. Families drawn to Henderson's master-planned neighborhoods and proximity to Las Vegas will find here a conventional public elementary option within the largest district in the state.
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