📍 7360 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, Clark County, 89147
Beacon Academy of Nevada is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Las Vegas, Clark County. The school has 552 pupils enrolled. It is part of the State-Sponsored Charter Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 42.5:1. It operates as a public charter school. The four-year graduation rate is 20%. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Beacon Academy of Nevada enrolls 552 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 13 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 42.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Hispanic or Latino, 28% Black or African American and 12% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 262 | 47% |
| Black or African American | 154 | 28% |
| White | 68 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 47 | 8.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 13 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
427 of the school's 552 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 400 qualify for free lunch and 27 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Beacon Academy of Nevada is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NV-30, state senate district 11, state house district 42.
Beacon Academy of Nevada is one of 79 schools in State Sponsored Charter Schools, based in CARSON CITY, Nevada. The district serves 63,609 students district-wide and employs 1,839 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 552 students, Beacon Academy of Nevada is smaller than the district average of about 805 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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