The top reported proficiency rate is 63% in English language arts. The lowest is 36% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Stevens Josh Es
Stevens Josh Elementary sits in Henderson, Nevada's second-largest city, a sprawling residential community in the Las Vegas Valley built around a series of master-planned neighborhoods. The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as part of the Clark County School District, the large system that stretches across the metropolitan area. Henderson itself is largely car-dependent suburban development, connected by major highways to Las Vegas about a short drive to the northwest. The city has grown rapidly through planned communities like Green Valley, Anthem, Inspirada, and Cadence, and it draws employers in logistics, manufacturing, financial services, and technology. The school sits in a zip code where home values run somewhat above the state benchmark and meaningfully above the national one, though both values and rents in the area have softened recently. The estimated monthly mortgage on a typical home here exceeds typical rent by a meaningful margin, which factors into how families weigh buying versus leasing in the zone.
The student body is sizeable for an elementary school and reflects the diverse composition of the surrounding area. Hispanic students form the largest group, with white, Black, multiracial, and Asian students all represented in meaningful shares. Every student at Stevens Josh qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which signals a schoolwide concentration of economic need. Information on special education enrollment and English learner status was not available in the data we reviewed, so those pieces of the picture are missing here.
On state assessments, Stevens Josh posts solid results in English language arts. A majority of tested students reached proficiency in ELA, a result that stands out as a strength for a school serving a fully low-income population. Math proficiency is more middling, with roughly half of tested students clearing the proficient bar. Science results are weaker, with a smaller portion of students demonstrating proficiency, though science at this level is tested only in fifth grade, so the tested group is much smaller than the math and ELA cohorts. Participation rates were strong across all three subjects. A parent may want to look into the science results further with the school, and ask how the curriculum supports that subject area across the earlier grades.
Trend data that would show whether performance is improving or declining over time was not available, so there is no way to read direction from the figures alone. The assessment instruments themselves did not change, which means the current results are clean to compare against future years once additional data accumulates.
Because Stevens Josh is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate, no AP or dual-credit coursework, and no career pathway data to discuss. Those measures simply do not apply to this grade band. The school's Title I status was not reported in the data we received, and we found no discipline, staffing, or attendance figures, so those dimensions of the school environment are gaps rather than silent signals. We also looked for recent parent-relevant changes in the Clark County School District and found little that speaks to specific policy, curriculum, or budget shifts, so that context is thin here.
The housing market around the school offers a range of options, with rents that look moderate relative to income and home prices that carry a higher affordability burden given current mortgage rates. For a family considering this area, the school presents a real strength in reading and language instruction, adequate math results, and a science outcome worth asking about. The community is suburban, car-oriented, and growing, with recreational trails and parks throughout the city but limited walkable infrastructure for daily commuting. Families who value a diverse peer environment and a school where the entire student body shares an economically disadvantaged background will find that here. The missing data on special populations and school climate means a visit and direct questions to the administration would fill in what the numbers do not cover.
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