The top reported proficiency rate is 45% in English language arts. The lowest is 17% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Jenkins Earl N Es
Jenkins Earl N Elementary sits on Vegas Valley Drive in the east side of Las Vegas, serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the Clark County School District. The campus draws from a working-class slice of the metro where home values sit below both the state and national benchmarks, and rents remain relatively affordable compared with mortgage costs. For families weighing a move into the area, housing here is among the more accessible entry points in the Las Vegas Valley, with the trade-off being a neighborhood where incomes and property values run lower than regional norms.
The school's enrollment is sizable for an elementary campus, and its student body leans predominantly Hispanic, with Black, White, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and multiracial students rounding out a community that reflects the diversity of east Las Vegas. Every student at Jenkins qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school squarely in the category of campuses serving families under economic pressure. Information on English-learner participation and special-education enrollment was not available in the data we reviewed, so a parent whose child falls into either group would want to ask the school directly about services and staffing in those areas.
On Nevada's SBAC assessments for the most recent reporting year, Jenkins posted ELA proficiency at a level that sits in the middle range for a Clark County elementary serving a high-poverty population. Math results came in somewhat lower than ELA. Science proficiency, measured in fifth grade, was notably weak, with only a small fraction of tested students reaching proficiency. Participation was strong across all three subjects, which means the results reflect nearly the full tested population rather than a skewed subset. Average scale scores were not reported, and no multi-year trend data was available, so there is no clear picture of whether these numbers represent improvement, decline, or stability over time. A parent evaluating this school should treat the science result as a legitimate question to raise with school leadership, asking what instruction and resources support fifth-grade science specifically.
No data was available on staffing ratios, teacher experience, attendance patterns, discipline incidents, or course offerings beyond the standard elementary curriculum. These gaps mean the portrait here is incomplete. The absence of discipline and attendance data is common in elementary-level reporting and does not by itself signal a problem, but it does leave a parent without the full picture of school climate. Similarly, the school's Title I status was not reported in the data we received, though given the universal free-or-reduced-price lunch rate, the campus almost certainly receives Title I funding, which typically supports additional instructional staff and intervention programs.
The Clark County School District is the governing district, and we searched for recent district-level changes that would affect families at this school, such as curriculum shifts, boundary adjustments, or budget actions. That search did not surface specific policy changes with direct parent impact, so there is nothing new to flag from the district level at this time.
What the available evidence describes is a conventional neighborhood elementary school serving a high-need community in a relatively affordable part of Las Vegas. Academic results are mixed, with literacy outpacing math and science trailing both. The school's strengths, as far as the data shows, lie in consistent test participation and a student community that mirrors the cultural makeup of its surrounding area. Its soft spots are visible in the science numbers and in the broader absence of supporting information about staffing, programs, and student support services. A family considering Jenkins would do well to visit the campus, ask about science instruction and intervention strategies, and request details on special-education and English-learner services that the public data does not capture.
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