Environment has little to do with it. I am a prime example.
I have seen it more so in the education of the disabled, handicapped and the mentally challenged. (These are not the area this is about.) Especially in those that it have been said cannot learn. I have seen them go on to jobs and living and surviving on their own. They had the right tools at school, in the community and at home.
Sometimes it does take a community to raise a child.
There is a school here that is in an underprivileged area of about 98% and they are White, Black, Hispanic, Samoan, Korean and many other in a high crime and poverty area. In a sense they are not a minority. Many area of the country they are not seen, yet they are not invisible. These children are poor economically and in spirit. But that all changed. The area is still high in crime and poverty. What changed was the tools that was given to them to excel. Two things that make a big difference was computers and field trips into the community as a whole. Business, recreation centers, etc. Because leaders in the community along with parents cared, and they got help from outside of the community as well as inside., They have gone to the point of supplying this school and the children with the right and the best tools to excel and they have. The support does not stop at school, but goes into the family structure. Because of this, this school in outstanding [/] in the county. The point is minorities are dropping out of school because they [b]do not want to or feel they cannot succeed. With the right tools any child can excel and succeed. Many of our schools do not have the right tools to deal with the problems of children of a deprived society. The child is better equipped to deal at home if he can deal with school and vise versa. And it is not the teachers’ fault because they can only do so much with what they have.. We have failed our children, they have not failed us. There is plenty of blame to go around when our children fail.


Student-Teacher Ratio
Source: NV Dept. of Education, 2004-2005
This School State Average
Student-teacher ratio 21 21

Ethnicity This School State Average
Hispanic 68% 32%
White (not Hispanic) 17% 48%
Asian or Pacific Islander 9% 7%
African American 5% 11%
American Indian or Alaskan Native 2% 2%

Student Subgroups
1. Source: NV Dept. of Education, 2004-2005
This School State Average
Students eligible for free or
reduced-price lunch program
81% 41%
IEP students 12% 12%
Migrant students 0% <1%
LEP students 50% 18%

Attendance and Completion
Source: NV Dept. of Education, 2004-2005
This School State Average
Attendance rate 96% 95%
Mobility rate 40% 34%


School Discipline Incidents
Source: NV Dept. of Education, 2004-2005
This School
Assault incidents 12
Weapons incidents 0
Drug/alcohol incidents 0




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