Las Vegas Sun

April 26, 2024

Grant Sawyer

5450 Redwood St., Las Vegas, NV 89118 (Directions)

From the school

"Sawyer Middle School believes that parental communication is vital to a strong academic program and communicates through the following methods:

- Transitional activities such as sixth grade summer camps, back to school nights, fifth grade campus visits, eighth grade night at feeder high schools, new student orientations, pre-registration parent nights.

- Technologies such as the InTouch online system that allows parent to access to student information from home; the autodialer system that calls parents both when students are absent and when the school is holding upcoming events; and online registration that is offered to students both at school and at home over the internet.

- Events such as monthly PAC meetings, English language learners family nights and fall carnivals that often have more than 2000 attendees.

- Communication tools such as student agendas that organize collaboration among parents, teachers, and students; bi-monthly newsletters; team and department newsletters; a master calendar that is posted on the school Web site; daily, weekly and quarterly progress reports; and test scores, event reminders, and registration materials that are mailed home.

- Parent committees such as school generated funds, school improvement, fundraising, and SST.

- Parent-teacher-student conferences that are scheduled upon request."

School details

  • Mascot: Mustangs
  • District: G
  • Region: East
  • Level(s): Middle
  • Principal: Kim K. Friel
  • All year: No
  • Safe Key: Yes (SafeKey is offered Monday through Friday after school from 2:20 until 6 p.m. The program is operated out of the school cafeteria at a cost of $8 per day or $32 per week. )
  • Full-day kindergarten: No
  • Block schedule: No
  • Dress code: No
  • Made AYP: Unknown
  • Homework help centers: No
  • ESL offered: Unknown
  • Edison school: No
  • Class-size reduction: No
  • Alternative education summer school: No
  • Magnet school: No

Annual Data

  • 2008

Demographics

  • Enrollment: 1390
  • Female students: 48.4 %
  • Male students: 52 %
  • American Indian/Alaskan Native: 18 (1.3 %)
  • Asian/Pacific Islanders: 208 (15.0 %)
  • Black/African American: 175 (12.6 %)
  • Hispanic: 519 (37.3 %)
  • White: 470 (33.8 %)
  • Free/Reduced Lunch students: 645
  • Students with disabilities: 139
  • Limited English Proficiency students: 200

Fiscal Information

  • Total Expenditures/Pupil: $5811

Student Information

  • Average daily attendance: 94.0 %
  • Transiency: 36.8 %

Technology

  • Classrooms: 54
  • Classrooms with Internet access: 54
  • Instructional computers: 407
  • Instructional computers with Internet access: 407
  • Labs/Libraries/Media Centers: 6
  • Labs/Libraries/Media Centers with Internet access: 6

Discipline

  • Possession/Use of Alcohol: 1
  • Possession/Use of Controlled Substances: 3
  • Possession of Weapons: 5
  • Violence to Staff: 1
  • Violence to Students: 61
  • Habitual truants: 6

Assessments

  • AYP classification: Did Not Make Adequate Yearly Progress
  • AYP designation: In Need of Improvement (Year 3 - Hold)
  • AYP detail: Click here
  • NASSAA info: Click here
  • CRT info: Click here

Class size averages

  • English: 27
  • Math: 28
  • Science: 30
  • Social Studies: 29

Retention

  • 6th grade: 9 (1.9 %)
  • 7th grade: 3 (0.7 %)
  • 8th grade: 20 (4.1 %)

Scoring

  • Math K8 AS: 27 %
  • Math K8 ED: 15 %
  • Math K8 ES: 15 %
  • Math K8 MS: 44 %
  • Reading K8 AS: 27 %
  • Reading K8 ED: 10 %
  • Reading K8 ES: 13 %
  • Reading K8 MS: 50 %
  • Science K8 AS: 32 %
  • Science K8 ED: 9 %
  • Science K8 ES: 3 %
  • Science K8 MS: 57 %
  • Writing K8 AS: 31 %
  • Writing K8 ED: 5 %
  • Writing K8 ES: 7 %
  • Writing K8 MS: 57 %
  • Key: AS = Approaches Standards; ED = Emergent/Developing; ES = Exceeds Standards; MS = Meets Standards; HS = High School; K8 = Kindergarten-8th grade

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