The top reported proficiency rate is 58% in English language arts. The lowest is 41% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Brown Hannah Marie Es
Brown Hannah Marie Elementary School sits on Chapata Drive in Henderson, Nevada's second-largest city and a core part of the Las Vegas Valley metro area. The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public campus in the Clark County School District, the statewide system that overlays Henderson's patchwork of master-planned communities like Green Valley, Anthem, and Inspirada. Henderson grew rapidly over recent decades through exactly these kinds of developments, and schools here are spread across the city's broad suburban footprint rather than clustered in a single downtown core.
The school's enrollment sits in a mid-range for an elementary campus. Its student body reflects the diversity common to the Las Vegas Valley. White students form the largest single group, with a substantial Hispanic population alongside smaller Black, multiracial, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaska Native cohorts. Every student at the school qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which points to a community where economic need is concentrated even though the surrounding zip code carries home values above both the Nevada and national benchmarks. That contrast is worth understanding. The housing market in this part of Henderson is relatively expensive, yet the school itself serves a population where universal eligibility for meal assistance is the reality. A parent weighing this school should know that the peer environment is shaped by that economic profile.
On state assessments administered under Nevada's SBAC framework, Brown Hannah Marie shows a mixed but generally encouraging picture for its student population. English language arts stands out as the stronger area, with a majority of tested students reaching proficiency. Mathematics is close to the midpoint, with just under half of tested students proficient. Science, which at the elementary level is tested in a narrower grade band, shows a smaller share of students meeting proficiency, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school. Participation rates are strong across all three subjects. Average scale scores were not available in the data provided, so the proficiency picture is the primary academic window available here.
Multi-year trend data was not available, which means there is no way to tell from the provided information whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability over time. Information on students with individualized education programs and English learners was also missing from the available data. Without these figures, the portrait of how the school serves its special populations remains incomplete.
The broader community context matters for any family considering this area. Henderson is a car-dependent suburban city with an extensive trail system and numerous parks, built around master-planned neighborhoods connected by highways. The local economy draws on logistics, manufacturing, financial services, media and sports production, and back-office management, with major employers that include the city government itself, Barclays, Amazon, Dignity Health, and the Las Vegas Raiders' headquarters. Nevada State University and several other higher-education campuses are located in the city. The housing market in the school's zip code carries typical home values above the state and national figures, and rents are similarly elevated. Affordability metrics suggest that owning a home here requires a higher income relative to national norms, while renting remains comparatively more manageable. Home values in the zip code have dipped slightly year over year, broadly tracking a softening seen across Nevada.
Several categories of school-level data were not available, including any program offerings, staffing details, discipline data, attendance figures, and Title I status. The district brief for Clark County School District did not yield parent-relevant policy or curriculum changes from the search conducted. What the available picture does convey is an elementary school serving an economically disadvantaged student population in an otherwise relatively affluent part of a fast-growing suburban city, with solid literacy results, middling math, and a science outcome that merits a closer conversation.
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