Nellis AFB, NV schools
Nellis AFB’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 230 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 229 elementary schools, one of 61 schools and one of 37 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
Nellis AFB’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Nellis AFB’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.
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.
Where Nellis AFB kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Below the state in reading
83% graduate on time
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #20 of 41 NV towns →
The district serving Nellis AFB
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges near Nellis AFB
There’s no college in Nellis AFB, but 15 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Nevada Career Institute in Las Vegas, 8.7 miles away.
5 more within 30 miles.
Straight-line distance from the center of Nellis AFB. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.
All 1 school in Nellis AFB
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.
Schools Nellis AFB kids attend in other towns
Public schools in Nellis AFB’s district that are located in Las Vegas, Henderson and N Las Vegas. Which one depends on your address.