The top reported proficiency rate is 38% in English language arts. The lowest is 9% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Bailey Sister Robert Joseph Es
Bailey Sister Robert Joseph Elementary sits in the eastern stretches of Las Vegas, within the Clark County School District. It is a regular public school serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, and the enrollment is mid-sized for an elementary in this part of the valley.
The student body is diverse. Hispanic students form the largest group, followed by Black students, with smaller Asian, white, and multiracial populations alongside a few Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and American Indian or Alaska Native students. Every student in the building qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which places this school firmly in the category of serving an economically disadvantaged community. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not available in the records we reviewed, so a parent wanting to understand how the school serves those populations would need to ask directly.
On state assessments, the most recent results tell a mixed story. In English language arts, a modest share of tested students reached proficiency. Math was in a similar range, slightly lower. Science stands out as the weakest area, with only a very small fraction of the tested students reaching proficiency. Participation was strong across all three subjects, with nearly all eligible students taking the assessments. A parent may want to look into the school's science instruction and curriculum further, given that result.
Trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether performance is improving, declining, or holding steady over time. The state reports these as standard SBAC results, and the assessment framework itself has not changed in ways that would complicate year-to-year comparison, but prior-year figures simply were not provided.
Because this is an elementary school serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, there is no graduation rate, no college or career readiness data, and no advanced coursework information to report. Those measures belong to secondary schools and do not apply here.
The housing market around the school's zip code is relatively affordable compared with both state and national benchmarks. Home values in this area sit below the state median and below the national level, and both home values and rents have been softening slightly over the past year. Renting remains meaningfully cheaper than buying on a monthly basis, which may matter to families weighing a move into the area. The price-to-income ratio for buyers runs above the national figure, suggesting that purchasing a home here still requires a substantial share of local income, even though absolute prices are lower than elsewhere in the metro.
The broader district context was thin. We searched for recent parent-relevant changes in Clark County School District policy, curriculum, referenda, or budgets but found little that would qualify as a lasting, concrete shift a parent should know about. Results focused on county governance rather than school district decisions, so we left that out rather than guess.
Information on the school's specific programs, staffing ratios, discipline practices, course access, attendance patterns, and Title I status was either not reported or not available in the data we reviewed. No locale brief was provided for the immediate neighborhood, so we cannot characterize the surrounding community's character, amenities, or growth patterns in detail. A parent considering this school would benefit from visiting and asking directly about how the school supports its students given that every child comes from an economically disadvantaged household, what intervention and enrichment programs are in place, and how the school approaches science instruction in particular.
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