The top reported proficiency rate is 70% in English language arts. The lowest is 35% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Wallin Shirley & Bill Es
Wallin Shirley & Bill Elementary sits in Henderson, Nevada's second-largest city and a fast-growing part of the Las Vegas Valley metro. The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school within the Clark County School District. Its campus on Canyon Retreat Drive is embedded in one of Henderson's master-planned communities, the residential format that defines most of the city's neighborhoods.
Academically, the school's state assessment results paint a mostly strong picture. In both English language arts and mathematics, a solid majority of tested students reached proficiency on the SBAC, the statewide assessment. The reading result sits a step above math, though both stand out as clear strengths for an elementary school where every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Participation was near-universal across all tested subjects.
Science tells a different story. Far fewer than half of the tested students demonstrated proficiency in science, a result that lags well behind the school's own math and reading performance. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, asking how science instruction is structured across the grade levels and what supports are in place for the elementary science assessment, which is typically the tested grade for that subject.
The school's enrollment is sizable for an elementary building, with students spread across pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The student body is diverse. White students make up the largest single group, followed by a substantial Hispanic population and a meaningful share of students identifying as two or more races. Asian, Black, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students round out the community in smaller proportions. Data on English learner status and special education enrollment was not available, so we cannot characterize those populations here.
Henderson itself is a car-dependent suburban city, built around master-planned communities connected by major highways rather than dense, walkable street grids. The city has an extensive recreational trail system and dozens of parks, but these serve leisure more than daily commuting. Publicly reported information describes Henderson's economy as anchored by logistics, electric equipment manufacturing, financial and credit services, media and sports production, and back-office management. Major employers include the city government itself, 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 with ongoing investment.
The housing market around the school is relatively expensive compared with both Nevada and national benchmarks. Typical home values in the school's zip code sit well above the state and national medians, though those values have dipped slightly over the past year. Rents have risen modestly over the same period. For families weighing buying versus renting, the estimated monthly cost of ownership at current mortgage rates runs higher than typical rent, making renting the more affordable path in this immediate area at present. The price-to-income ratio is elevated, meaning buyers need a stronger income relative to home prices than in many parts of the country.
Several pieces of information that would help round out a parent's understanding were not available. The dataset did not include a locale classification, Title I status, staffing ratios, attendance figures, discipline data, course or program offerings, or civil-rights reporting for this school. Multi-year academic trends were not available, so we cannot say whether these proficiency results represent improvement, decline, or stability over time. No neighbor comparison data was provided, which means we cannot position Wallin against nearby Clark County elementary schools. We searched for recent parent-relevant changes in the Clark County School District but found little that spoke to district-level policy, curriculum, or funding shifts with lasting impact, so we left that out rather than guess.
What the available data does show is an elementary school with strong reading and math outcomes, a weaker science result worth asking about, a diverse student body in a growing suburban city, and a housing market that demands careful budgeting from families looking to buy.
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