Public Schools in Nevada
742 schools · 20 districts · 489,548 students
Largest Schools in Nevada
School data sourced from NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) via the Common Core of Data.
Adult Education Programs
Las Vegas
Coronado HS
Henderson
Arbor View HS
Las Vegas
Shadow Ridge HS
Las Vegas
Liberty HS
Henderson
Palo Verde HS
Las Vegas
Desert Pines HS
Las Vegas
NV Learning Academy J-SHS
Las Vegas
Desert Oasis HS
Las Vegas
Clark Ed W HS
Las Vegas
Frequently Asked Questions
Nevada has 742 public schools across 20 districts, serving 489,548 students.
The largest school in Nevada is Adult Education Programs with 4,559 students. Nevada has 742 public schools overall.
The average proficiency rate is 39%. Proficiency rates measure the percentage of students meeting state standards on standardized assessments, as reported by EDFacts.
All school data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data for enrollment and school characteristics, and EDFacts for proficiency rates and graduation rates.
School data is sourced from NCES enrollment records and EDFacts proficiency and graduation rate assessments. No synthetic scores are used.
this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.
The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.