The top reported proficiency rate is 64% in English language arts. The lowest is 47% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Mannion Jack & Terry Ms
Mannion Jack & Terry MS is a regular public middle school serving grades six through eight in Henderson, Nevada, within the Clark County School District. The school sits on Paradise Hills Drive in the 89002 zip code, a residential part of a city that has grown steadily through decades of master-planned community development. Henderson is Nevada's second-largest city, part of the Las Vegas Valley metro area, and its neighborhoods spread across a broad suburban landscape connected by highways rather than dense walkable street grids.
The school is large for a middle school, with enrollment distributed fairly evenly across the grade levels it serves. Its student body is majority white, with a substantial Hispanic population and smaller groups of Black, Asian, multiracial, and other students. Every student at Mannion qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which means the school operates with a universally economically disadvantaged population under that federal measure. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not available, so those figures could not be included here.
On state assessments, Mannion's results tell a mixed but broadly encouraging story for a school serving an entirely low-income population. English language arts stands out as the strongest area, with a solid majority of tested students reaching proficiency. Science proficiency landed near the halfway mark. Math was the softest subject, with fewer than half of tested students proficient. Participation was strong across all three subjects. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is hard to say whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability. A parent weighing the academic picture might find the reading results reassuring and want to ask the school directly about math supports and intervention strategies.
Henderson itself shapes the experience of attending school here. Publicly reported accounts describe the city growing rapidly from its origins as a wartime magnesium production town into a sprawling collection of planned communities like Green Valley, Anthem, Inspirada, and Cadence. Its economy draws on logistics, manufacturing, financial services, media and sports production, and back-office operations. Major employers include the city government, Barclays, Amazon, Dignity Health, and the Las Vegas Raiders, whose headquarters and training facility are 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. Parks and trails are extensive, though oriented toward recreation rather than commuting. Families at Mannion are living in a suburban city with steady employment sectors and ongoing development, but one where daily life depends heavily on driving.
The housing market around the school reflects that suburban context. Home values in the school's zip code sit above the Nevada state benchmark and well above the national figure, with a modest year-over-year decline. Rents have ticked up slightly over the same period. The price-to-income ratio is elevated, meaning ownership requires a larger share of household income than in many parts of the country. Renting is comparatively more affordable than buying at current mortgage rates, though both carry costs typical of a growing western metro. For families considering a move to this attendance zone, the housing market is accessible but not cheap, and the area's growth trajectory suggests continued demand.
Several data gaps are worth naming. No information was available on course offerings, extracurricular programs, staffing ratios, discipline patterns, attendance rates, or civil-rights indicators such as access to advanced coursework by student subgroup. The school's Title I status was not reported, though the universal free-or-reduced-price lunch rate suggests it likely receives Title I support. We searched for recent parent-relevant changes in Clark County School District but found little, so we left it out rather than guess. What the available data does show is a large middle school serving an entirely low-income student population in a growing suburban city, with solid reading results, middling science, and math results that a parent may want to look into further with the school.
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