Schools · Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NV schools

Las Vegas’s public schools score below Nevada’s averages: 39% of students are proficient in reading against 42.2% statewide, and 83% of high schoolers graduate on time against 83.4%. Kids attend one of 71 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 70 elementary schools, one of 17 schools and one of 10 high schools.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

C+School Grade #20Best schools in NV (of 41)#20Highest graduation rate in NV (of 41)

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Las Vegas’s School Grade: C+

The public schools Las Vegas’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 58% of Nevada’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C+Test scoresC+Graduation

Nevada school districts we grade (19)Better than 42%

Lower resultsHigher results

Nevada towns with similar household incomes (54)Better than 24%

High confidence. Built on 96,666 tested students and a graduating class of 25,662; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Nevada’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Nevada only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Nevada with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Las Vegas kids go to school

Grades PK–5

71 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Clark County School District

Grades 5

70 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Clark County School District

Grades 6–12

17 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Clark County School District

Grades 12

10 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Clark County School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Clark County)39%

State average 42.2%

Math (grades PK–12, Clark County)21%

State average 25.5%

Graduation · class of 2020

83% graduate on time

Graduation rate

83%

NV: 83.4%

Graduating class

25,662

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #20 of 41 NV towns →

Districts

The district serving Las Vegas

Clark County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 380 schools · 301,622 students

$14,774 per studentNV $14,868C+

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Every school

All 173 schools in Las Vegas

Level

All 173 Elementary 107 Middle 18 High 36 Other 12

Type

All 173 Public 117 Charter 34 Private 22

Showing 1–30 of 173 schools

Divich Kenneth ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 1,171 students

Vassiliadis Billy & Rosemary ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 1,117 students

Mater BonanzaElementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,113 students

Somerset Academy Skye CanyonElementary · Grades K–8 · 996 students

Doral Academy Fire MesaElementary · Grades K–8 · 993 students

Somerset Academy Lone MountainElementary · Grades K–8 · 990 students

Bonner John W ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 825 students

Heckethorn Howard E ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 778 students

Givens Linda Rankin ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 757 students

Bozarth Henry & Evelyn ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 723 students

Vegas Verdes ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 710 students

Tarr Sheila Academy of Int'l Studies ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 696 students

Imagine School Mountain ViewElementary · Grades K–6 · 695 students

Staton Ethel W ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 695 students

Bilbray James ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 693 students

Ronzone Bertha ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 693 students

Ward Kitty McDonough ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 691 students

Coral Academy Centennial HillsElementary · Grades K–8 · 686 students

Piggott Academy ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 686 students

O Roarke Thomas ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 637 students

Carl Kay ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 630 students

Thompson Sandra L ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 628 students

McWilliams J T ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 627 students

Fong Wing and Lilly ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 609 students

Griffith E W ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 608 students

Detwiler Ollie ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 604 students

Dearing Laura ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 600 students

Garehime Edith ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 597 students

Katz Edythe & Lloyd ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 590 students

Bunker Berkeley L ESElementary · Grades PK–5 · 586 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.