Manuel J Cortez Elementary School
4245 East Tonopah Ave Las Vegas NV, 89115, Clark County Phone: 702-799-2180 Ranking:  (414 out of 433, bottom 4%)*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: | 51 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 39 | 38 | 52 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 893 | 824 | 802 | 735 | 660 | 624 | 834 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 6 | 0.7% | 7 | 0.8% | 8 | 1.0% | 5 | 0.7% | 7 | 1.1% | 19 | 3.0% | 16 | 1.9% |
| Kindergarten: | 190 | 21.3% | 183 | 22.2% | 168 | 20.9% | 176 | 23.9% | 152 | 23.0% | 230 | 36.9% | 160 | 19.2% |
| Grade 1: | 182 | 20.4% | 150 | 18.2% | 152 | 19.0% | 145 | 19.7% | 128 | 19.4% | 89 | 14.3% | 137 | 16.4% |
| Grade 2: | 140 | 15.7% | 157 | 19.1% | 145 | 18.1% | 119 | 16.2% | 101 | 15.3% | 88 | 14.1% | 118 | 14.1% |
| Grade 3: | 158 | 17.7% | 130 | 15.8% | 116 | 14.5% | 88 | 12.0% | 99 | 15.0% | 73 | 11.7% | 159 | 19.1% |
| Grade 4: | 119 | 13.3% | 102 | 12.4% | 93 | 11.6% | 109 | 14.8% | 94 | 14.2% | 68 | 10.9% | 134 | 16.1% |
| Grade 5: | 98 | 11.0% | 95 | 11.5% | 120 | 15.0% | 93 | 12.7% | 79 | 12.0% | 57 | 9.1% | 110 | 13.2% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 443 | 49.6% | 428 | 51.9% | 411 | 51.2% | 385 | 52.4% | 347 | 52.6% | 313 | 50.2% | 410 | 49.2% |
| Female: | 450 | 50.4% | 396 | 48.1% | 391 | 48.8% | 350 | 47.6% | 305 | 46.2% | 303 | 48.6% | 420 | 50.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 6 | 0.8% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.4% |
| Asian: | 11 | 1.2% | 6 | 0.7% | 10 | 1.2% | 9 | 1.2% | 14 | 2.1% | 10 | 1.6% | 13 | 1.6% |
| Hispanic: | 683 | 76.5% | 658 | 79.9% | 641 | 79.9% | 567 | 77.1% | 500 | 75.8% | 464 | 74.4% | 576 | 69.1% |
| Black: | 137 | 15.3% | 107 | 13.0% | 100 | 12.5% | 109 | 14.8% | 114 | 17.3% | 98 | 15.7% | 158 | 18.9% |
| White: | 38 | 4.3% | 36 | 4.4% | 36 | 4.5% | 37 | 5.0% | 31 | 4.7% | 50 | 8.0% | 84 | 10.1% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 6 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 17 | 1.9% | 15 | 1.8% | 12 | 1.5% | 7 | 1.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 890 | 99.7% | 821 | 99.6% | 799 | 99.6% | 637 | 86.7% | 541 | 82.0% | 409 | 65.5% | 830 | 99.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 33 | 4.5% | 32 | 4.8% | 64 | 10.3% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.51 | 19.62 | 19.10 | 17.50 | 16.92 | 16.40 | 16.00 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRT | ||||||
| 2006 | Mathematics | All grades (EL) | % met std | 32% | N/A | N/A |
| 2008 | Mathematics | All grades (EL) | % met std | 42% | N/A | N/A |
| 2009 | Mathematics | All grades (EL) | % met std | 45% | N/A | N/A |
| 2011 | Mathematics | All grades (EL) | % met std | 55% | N/A | N/A |
| 2012 | Mathematics | All grades (EL) | % met std | 61% | N/A | N/A |
| 2006 | Reading | All grades (EL) | % met std | 25% | N/A | N/A |
| 2008 | Reading | All grades (EL) | % met std | 29% | N/A | N/A |
| 2011 | Reading | All grades (EL) | % met std | 39% | N/A | N/A |
| 2012 | Reading | All grades (EL) | % met std | 46% | N/A | N/A |
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* Manuel J Cortez Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.