📍 3975 S Sandhill Rd, Las Vegas, Clark County, 89121
Discovery Charter School Sandhill is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Las Vegas, Clark County. The school has 89 pupils enrolled. It is part of the State-Sponsored Charter Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 5.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. It operates as a public charter school. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Discovery Charter School Sandhill enrolls 89 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 5.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Hispanic or Latino, 21% White and 18% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 43 | 48% |
| White | 19 | 21% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 9% |
| Asian | 2 | 2.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
43 of the school's 89 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 1 qualify for free lunch and 42 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.
Discovery Charter School Sandhill is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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-10, state senate district 10, state house district 15.
Discovery Charter School Sandhill 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 89 students, Discovery Charter School Sandhill is smaller than the district average of about 805 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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