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Schools in Las Vegas · Clark County School District

Las Vegas’s public schools score below 74% of Nevada districts on tests and graduation

The grade covers the public school district serving Las Vegas, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Nevada, not nationally.

#26of 42 Nevada townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Nevada state tests taken in spring 2022, when 96% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency

41%

▼ 2 pts vs NV 44%

2021–22

Math proficiency

25%

▼ 3 pts vs NV 28%

2021–22

Graduate on time

81%

▼ 0 pts vs NV 81%

class of 2023

Spent per student

$14.8K

▼ 1% vs NV $14.9K

FY2024

Students per teacher

18.6

NV 19.3 · smaller classes

Schools in town

165

85,541 students on the public path

In brief

Las Vegas’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 54 Nevada towns with household incomes within a quarter of Las Vegas’s, its schools beat 15%, lower than their 26% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 41% of tested students were proficient in reading and 25% in math, against 44% and 28% statewide; 96% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

81% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 81% across Nevada. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $14,774 per student, against $14,868 across Nevada (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

71 elementary schools, then 17 middle and 11 high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓

Choice beyond the district

Quest Academy Northwest, Discovery Charter School HillPointe, Somerset Academy Sky Pointe, Imagine School Mountain View, Doral Academy Red Rock, Founders Academy of Las Vegas, Equipo Academy, Futuro Academy Elementary, Democracy Prep at Agassi High, Democracy Prep at Agassi Elementary, Democracy Prep at Agassi Middle, Doral Academy Fire Mesa, Somerset Academy Lone Mountain, Mater Bonanza, Nevada State High School Summerlin, Coral Academy Centennial Hills, Somerset Academy Skye Canyon, Nevada State High School Northwest, Mater Academy East, Sage Collegiate Public Charter School, Strong Start Academy, Battle Born Academy, Pinecrest Academy of Nevada Springs, Thrive Point Academy, Vegas Vista Academy, Odyssey Charter Schools K-5 ES, Odyssey Charter Schools 9-12 HS, Odyssey Charter Schools 6-8 MS, Innovations Int'l Charter ES, Rainbow Dreams Early Learning Academy, Innovations Int'l Charter J-SHS, The DR. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson School (private), Desert Torah Academy (private), Shenker Academy (private), Word of Life Christian Academy (private), Lamb of God Lutheran School (private), Trinity International School (private), Desert Torah Academy Ohel Menachem (private), St. Francis de Sales School (private), Mountain View Christian Schools (private), Liberty Baptist Academy (private), Candil Hall Early Childhood Education (private), Merryhill Elementary School - Summerlin (private), Mountain View Lutheran School (private), Springstone Lakes Montessori School (private), St. Anne Catholic School (private), New Horizons Center for Learning (private), Happy Days Montesori Academy (private), Mesivta of Las Vegas (private), Bnos Ateres Ita (private), Applied Scholastics Academy (private), West Charleston Enrichment Academy (private) and Anderson Academy of Mathematics an Science (private) are in town. Leadership Academy of Nevada, an online school, is based here too; it isn’t counted as a local school. Every school ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Las Vegas’s grade

B⁻ Test scoresC⁻ Graduation

C: better than 26% of Nevada school districts, #26 of 42 Nevada towns. Both inputs trail the Nevada average; test scores are the closer of the two to typical.

Nevada school districts we grade (19)Better than 26%

Lower resultsHigher results

Nevada towns with similar household incomes (54)Better than 15%

A firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 155,134 test results and a graduating class of 26,775 wouldn’t change the letter. The tests are from spring 2022, when 96% of Las Vegas’s students in the tested grades sat them (155,181 in math, 155,088 in reading).

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Where will my kid go?

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71 schools teach K in Las Vegas’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D− to A+, so check the specific school.

Las Vegas’s public schools score below 74% of Nevada districts on tests and graduation

Las Vegas’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Results trail the state

Graduation

Spending and class size

71 elementary schools, then 17 middle and 11 high schools

Choice beyond the district

What’s behind Las Vegas’s grade

Where will my kid go?

The district

Below the state in reading

Las Vegas vs. its neighbors

Every school in Las Vegas

Questions about Las Vegas’s schools

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