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Gene Ward Elementary School
1555 East Hacienda Ave Las Vegas NV, 89119, Clark County Phone: 702-799-5650 Ranking:  (330 out of 433, bottom 24%)*Type: Regular Primary School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5 School District: Clark County School District Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 41 | 37 | 42 | 42 | 44 | 46 | 50 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 684 | 634 | 663 | 652 | 673 | 690 | 674 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.3% | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Kindergarten: | 128 | 18.7% | 131 | 20.7% | 129 | 19.5% | 128 | 19.6% | 124 | 18.4% | 129 | 18.7% | 115 | 17.1% |
| Grade 1: | 134 | 19.6% | 119 | 18.8% | 133 | 20.1% | 115 | 17.6% | 120 | 17.8% | 120 | 17.4% | 119 | 17.7% |
| Grade 2: | 120 | 17.5% | 108 | 17.0% | 108 | 16.3% | 106 | 16.3% | 107 | 15.9% | 121 | 17.5% | 122 | 18.1% |
| Grade 3: | 115 | 16.8% | 100 | 15.8% | 97 | 14.6% | 105 | 16.1% | 118 | 17.5% | 117 | 17.0% | 127 | 18.8% |
| Grade 4: | 97 | 14.2% | 90 | 14.2% | 94 | 14.2% | 98 | 15.0% | 100 | 14.9% | 117 | 17.0% | 96 | 14.2% |
| Grade 5: | 90 | 13.2% | 86 | 13.6% | 101 | 15.2% | 98 | 15.0% | 104 | 15.5% | 86 | 12.5% | 94 | 13.9% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 346 | 50.6% | 329 | 51.9% | 350 | 52.8% | 324 | 49.7% | 316 | 47.0% | 343 | 49.7% | 331 | 49.1% |
| Female: | 338 | 49.4% | 305 | 48.1% | 313 | 47.2% | 328 | 50.3% | 349 | 51.9% | 339 | 49.1% | 339 | 50.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 6 | 0.9% | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% |
| Asian: | 12 | 1.8% | 11 | 1.7% | 17 | 2.6% | 28 | 4.3% | 47 | 7.0% | 53 | 7.7% | 49 | 7.3% |
| Hispanic: | 509 | 74.4% | 473 | 74.6% | 475 | 71.6% | 473 | 72.5% | 495 | 73.6% | 500 | 72.5% | 491 | 72.8% |
| Black: | 73 | 10.7% | 71 | 11.2% | 84 | 12.7% | 64 | 9.8% | 75 | 11.1% | 60 | 8.7% | 61 | 9.1% |
| White: | 47 | 6.9% | 49 | 7.7% | 42 | 6.3% | 49 | 7.5% | 54 | 8.0% | 75 | 10.9% | 71 | 10.5% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 10 | 1.5% | 6 | 0.9% | 10 | 1.5% | 6 | 0.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 27 | 3.9% | 23 | 3.6% | 32 | 4.8% | 30 | 4.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 538 | 78.7% | 505 | 79.7% | 555 | 83.7% | 505 | 77.5% | 441 | 65.5% | 483 | 70.0% | 661 | 98.1% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 45 | 6.6% | 52 | 8.2% | 59 | 8.9% | 55 | 8.4% | 54 | 8.0% | 115 | 16.7% | 10 | 1.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.68 | 17.14 | 15.79 | 15.52 | 15.30 | 15.00 | 13.50 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRT | ||||||
| 2008 | Mathematics | All grades (EL) | % met std | 53% | N/A | N/A |
| 2009 | Mathematics | All grades (EL) | % met std | 61% | N/A | N/A |
| 2010 | Mathematics | All grades (EL) | % met std | 57% | N/A | N/A |
| 2011 | Mathematics | All grades (EL) | % met std | 67% | N/A | N/A |
| 2012 | Mathematics | All grades (EL) | % met std | 66% | N/A | N/A |
| 2008 | Reading | All grades (EL) | % met std | 39% | N/A | N/A |
| 2009 | Reading | All grades (EL) | % met std | 46% | N/A | N/A |
| 2010 | Reading | All grades (EL) | % met std | 47% | N/A | N/A |
| 2011 | Reading | All grades (EL) | % met std | 53% | N/A | N/A |
| 2012 | Reading | All grades (EL) | % met std | 53% | N/A | N/A |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Gene Ward Elementary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.