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Nevada State High School Northwest

Las Vegas · NV · State Sponsored Charter Schools · Public charter

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Programs & features
  • ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
  • 🔢 6 calculus classes · 3 physics · 6 chemistry
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: 52th percentile nationally
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 44% by test-taker volume

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Nevada State High School Northwest compares for families

Solid mid-tier academic profile.

  • StatewideAP rigor at the 52th percentile nationally.
  • LocallyNV trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−10 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Leadership Academy of Nevada, Northwest Career-Technical Academy HS, Somerset Academy Sky Pointe and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses

52th percentile nationally

50th 90th ↑ this school
Less rigorMore rigorMost rigor
Advanced math classes
20
6 calculus · 14 advanced
Lab science classes
9
3 physics · 6 chemistry
Other rigor signals
✅ Dual-enrollment program

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 44% by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
52
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
41.3
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

🏛️ Federal Title I context

Lower-need school

Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)

19.8%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
969:1
Well above the US median — a real constraint on individualized college and course planning.
Counselor FTE
0.1
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
1
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 62 in 2021 to 78 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+25.8%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +2.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 126 students:

2025
129
2027
135
2029
141

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Leadership Academy of Nevada
Las Vegas
Public · charter 0.4 147 +14.8%
Northwest Career-Technical Academy HS
Las Vegas
Public 1.2 1,784 -6.8%
Somerset Academy Sky Pointe
Las Vegas
Public · charter 1.6 927 +3.5%
Arbor View HS
Las Vegas
Public 1.9 3,051 -6.4%
Applied Scholastics Academy
Las Vegas
Private 2.9 30
Founders Academy of Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Public · charter 3.4 221 +42.6%
Word Of Life Christian Academy
Las Vegas
Private 3.5 233 +17.1%
University Baptist Academy
North Las Vegas
Private 3.7 66 -22.4%

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