The top reported proficiency rate is 67% in English language arts. The lowest is 24% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Ellis Robert & Sandy Es
Ellis Robert & Sandy Elementary sits in the southern reaches of Henderson, a city that has grown into Nevada's second-largest through decades of master-planned community development. The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade and operates as a regular public campus within the Clark County School District, the sprawling system that covers Henderson, Las Vegas, and the surrounding valley. Henderson itself is largely residential, organized around named communities like Inspirada, Anthem, and Green Valley, with commercial activity in logistics, manufacturing, and financial services. The city is car-dependent suburban in character, connected to Las Vegas by major highways. Publicly reported sources note Henderson has more degree-holding residents per capita than the broader region and tends to attract more advanced industries. The school sits in a zip code where home values run well above the state and national benchmarks, and rents are similarly elevated, though a modest year-over-year decline in home values suggests some softening in the local market.
Academically, the school's state assessment results tell a strong story in the core literacy and numeracy subjects. In English language arts, a solid majority of tested students reached proficiency, and in math the share was comparable, with most students clearing the state bar. Participation was high across all tested subjects. These are genuinely encouraging results for an elementary school, particularly one where every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The proficiency rates in reading and math suggest the school is doing effective work building foundational skills across its full student body.
Science results stand in contrast. Proficiency there was markedly lower, with only about a quarter of tested students meeting the state standard. Science at the elementary level is typically assessed only at certain grade levels, and the tested group here was smaller than the math and ELA cohorts, which partly reflects that structure. Still, the gap between the strong literacy and numeracy results and the weaker science outcomes is wide enough that a parent may want to look into this further with the school, asking what science instruction looks like day to day and how the school plans to strengthen it.
The student body is sizable for an elementary school, and its racial and ethnic composition is mixed. White students form the largest single group, with Hispanic students the next largest, followed by students of two or more races. Asian, Black, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaska Native students are each present in smaller numbers. Every enrolled student qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which identifies this as a school serving an economically disadvantaged community. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not available in the sources we reviewed, so we cannot characterize those populations here.
Several categories of information that parents often ask about were absent from the data. We found no staffing figures, no attendance or chronic absenteeism rates, no discipline data, and no course or program offerings listed. Title I status was not reported, and the school's magnet or charter designations were not indicated. A neighbor comparison placing this school against nearby campuses was not provided. We looked for recent Clark County School District policy or program changes that might affect families but found little in the available sources, so we left that out rather than guess. Henderson's broader context is one of continued suburban growth and major commercial investment, including a large Google data center campus, which shapes the local economy and housing demand even if its direct connection to any single elementary school is indirect.
For a family evaluating this campus, the academic signal in reading and math is the strongest piece of evidence. The school appears to be delivering solid foundational instruction despite serving a fully economically disadvantaged population. The science results are the main soft spot worth probing. The surrounding neighborhood is suburban, car-oriented, and expensive relative to much of the country, which is a housing-market characteristic rather than a school-quality one. What the data does not cover is staffing, extracurriculars, climate, and specialized programs, and a family would want to ask the school directly about those.
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