📍 310 S 9th St, Las Vegas, Clark County, 89101
Strong Start Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Las Vegas, Clark County. The school has 80 pupils enrolled. It is part of the State-Sponsored Charter Schools school district. It serves grades K–2 in an urban setting. The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.0:1. It operates as a public charter school.
Strong Start Academy enrolls 80 students across grades K–2. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 10 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% Hispanic or Latino, 14% Black or African American and 14% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 50 | 63% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 14% |
| White | 5 | 6.3% |
| Asian | 2 | 2.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
66 of the school's 80 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 57 qualify for free lunch and 9 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.
Strong Start Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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-10, state senate district 2, state house district 11.
Strong Start Academy 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 80 students, Strong Start Academy 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 - Large
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