The top reported proficiency rate is 75% in English language arts. The lowest is 30% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Wolff Elise L Es
Elise L. Wolff Elementary sits on Seven Hills Drive in Henderson, Nevada, serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the Clark County School District. Henderson is Nevada's second-largest city, a largely residential community in the Las Vegas Valley built around a series of master-planned neighborhoods such as Green Valley, Anthem, and Green Valley Ranch. The city grew rapidly over the past two decades through that master-planned development model, and its economy leans on logistics, financial services, media and sports production, and back-office management. Google operates a data center in the city with plans for further investment. Henderson is largely car-dependent suburban development, connected to Las Vegas by major highways, with an extensive recreational trail system and numerous parks. The setting for families is established suburbia rather than dense, walkable urban blocks.
Wolff Elementary's enrollment is sizeable for an elementary school, spread fairly evenly across the grade levels it serves. The student body is racially diverse, with white students forming the largest single group and Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial students each making up substantial shares. Black and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students are also represented. Every enrolled student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which reflects a schoolwide economic need profile that qualifies the campus for Title I-type support, though the specific Title I designation was not available in the data. Information on English learner and special education populations was missing, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those services.
Academically, Wolff Elementary stands out for its proficiency results in the core elementary subjects. On the most recent state SBAC assessments, well over half of tested students reached proficiency in both English language arts and math, with ELA results slightly ahead of math. These are strong results for an elementary school serving a universally low-income population, and they suggest that instruction in literacy and numeracy is working well for a large share of students. Participation was near full on all three tested subjects.
Science results tell a different story. Proficiency on the state science assessment was much lower, with only a minority of tested fifth graders reaching the proficient mark. This gap between strong literacy and math performance and weaker science performance is common in elementary schools, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand how science is taught and resourced across the grade levels.
No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say from this data whether these results are improving, holding steady, or declining over time. Average scale scores were also missing from the assessment record, which limits a fuller picture of where students cluster within and above the proficiency line. Because this is a pre-kindergarten through grade five school, there is no graduation rate, and the school does not produce the kind of course-access or career-pathway data that middle and high schools carry.
The housing market around Wolff Elementary reflects broader Henderson patterns. Typical home values in the school's zip code sit well above both the state and national benchmarks, making this a relatively expensive area to buy into compared with much of Nevada. Rents are more moderate, and the monthly cost of renting runs below the estimated monthly mortgage on a typical home at current rates. For families weighing whether to rent or buy in the attendance zone, renting carries a meaningfully lower monthly housing cost in this market.
We looked for recent parent-relevant changes in the Clark County School District, such as policy shifts, curriculum updates, or tax and bond measures, but found little that met that threshold, so we left it out rather than guess. The same was true for discipline data, staffing ratios, and attendance figures for Wolff Elementary specifically, none of which were available in the provided data. What the available evidence does show is a large, diverse, economically disadvantaged elementary school producing strong literacy and math proficiency in a growing suburban city, with science outcomes that warrant a closer look.
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