The top reported proficiency rate is 49% in English language arts. The lowest is 6% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Goldfarb Daniel Es
Goldfarb Daniel Elementary sits on Orchard Valley Drive in the eastern reaches of Las Vegas, part of the Clark County School District. It is a regular public school serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, and its enrollment is mid-sized for an elementary in this part of the valley. The surrounding neighborhood is a working-area community where home values sit below the statewide benchmark and rents run modest by Las Vegas standards. For families weighing where to live, the cost of owning here is lower than much of the metro, and renting remains the cheaper option compared to carrying a mortgage at current rates.
Every student at Goldfarb Daniel qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school firmly in the category of campuses serving a high-poverty community. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a smaller Black population and still smaller groups of white, Asian, multiracial, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students. We looked for English-learner and special-education counts and found that data was not available, so we left it out rather than guess. A parent whose child falls into either of those groups may want to ask the school directly about services and staffing for those populations.
On state assessments, Goldfarb Daniel's results paint a mixed picture. In English language arts, roughly half of tested students reached proficiency on the SBAC, which is a reasonably strong showing for a school with this demographic profile. Math proficiency landed somewhat lower, with a moderate share of students meeting the bar. Participation was solid across all tested subjects. Science, by contrast, was a clear soft spot. Very few students reached proficiency, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly how science instruction is structured across the upper elementary grades and what supports are in place. Average scale scores were not reported for any subject, so we cannot speak to how students performed beyond the proficiency threshold.
We searched for multi-year trend data to see whether proficiency is moving in a particular direction, but none was available. The same is true for staffing, attendance, discipline, and course-access information, all of which came back empty. Without those pieces, it is hard to say much about class sizes, teacher retention, or the day-to-day climate a child would experience. Families considering this school should visit and ask about those areas directly.
The district-level picture is also thin. We searched for recent parent-relevant changes in Clark County School District, including policy shifts, curriculum updates, or funding decisions, but found little that rose to the level of lasting impact for families. The search returned county geography and government structure rather than school district specifics. This means we cannot tell parents whether district-level initiatives are shaping what happens inside Goldfarb Daniel's classrooms.
There is no locale brief for this part of Las Vegas, so we cannot add detail about nearby amenities, parks, or community resources. The housing data gives the clearest neighborhood signal: this is a relatively affordable corner of a city where housing costs elsewhere can climb much higher. For a family already living nearby or renting in the area, Goldfarb Daniel is a community school where children walk or ride a short distance to class. Its academic results in reading are a genuine bright spot given the economic context, math is holding its own, and science is an area that warrants attention. Whether it fits a given family depends on how much weight parents place on proximity and community connection versus the gaps in publicly available information about the school's internal supports.
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