The top reported proficiency rate is 67% in English language arts. The lowest is 45% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on King Martha P Es
King Martha P Elementary School sits in Boulder City, Nevada, serving grades three through five as part of the Clark County School District. It is a regular public school on Adams Boulevard, drawing from a community with a distinct identity within the larger Las Vegas metropolitan orbit.
Boulder City is unusual for Nevada. It began as a planned federal company town built to house Hoover Dam construction workers, and it remains one of only two places in the state that prohibits gambling. The city was designed by Dutch-born urban architect Saco Rienk de Boer with a formal, symmetrical layout emphasizing public space and landscaping, which earned it the nickname "Nevada's Garden City." The population skews older than surrounding areas, and the downtown district centers on tourism tied to Hoover Dam and the nearby Lake Mead National Recreation Area, with the Boulder Dam Hotel and its museum as a cultural anchor. The city maintains strict growth controls, limiting residential building permits and hotel room counts, which keeps the community relatively contained. A bypass on Interstate 11 routes through-traffic around the populated area, and the city is developing utility-scale solar facilities on leased land as a revenue source.
On state assessments, King Martha P produces solid results. In English language arts, a strong majority of tested students reached proficiency, and the math proficiency rate was also above half. Science proficiency was lower, with fewer than half of tested students meeting the bar, though science is assessed only at fifth grade in this grade band, so the tested group is a subset of the school. Participation rates were high across all three subjects. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability. Average scale scores were not reported.
The school's enrollment is modest for a three-grade elementary, with roughly even distribution across the three grade levels. The student body is predominantly white, with a Hispanic or Latino population forming the next largest group and small numbers of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. Every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which reflects the economic profile of the families the school serves rather than a broader community-wide poverty indicator. Data on individualized education programs and English learner status was not reported, so the picture of special populations served here is incomplete.
Housing in the school's zip code sits above the Nevada state benchmark and well above the national benchmark, with home values showing a slight year-over-year decline. Rents are modest relative to mortgage costs, and the rent-to-income ratio is lower than the price-to-income ratio, meaning renting is comparatively more accessible than buying in this area. The community's growth restrictions may limit new housing supply, which a parent considering a move into the attendance zone may want to keep in mind.
Several data categories were thin or absent. No discipline, course access, staffing, or attendance figures were provided. No Title I status was reported, and no magnet or charter designation applies. The school's governance is straightforward regular public within Clark County School District. A district brief for Clark County did not surface parent-relevant policy or curriculum changes, so there is little to report on recent district-level shifts that might affect this school.
For a family weighing King Martha P, the academic results in reading and math are a clear strength, and the science results are a softer area worth asking about. The school serves a community with a deliberate, planned character and a slower-growth posture than much of southern Nevada, and the student population reflects a particular economic and demographic profile that matters to how the school operates day to day.
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