Las Vegas City Wire

The most prevalent ethnic group among students enrolled in Clark County's only district in the 2023-24 school year were Hispanic, according to the Nevada Accountability Portal.

Of the 304,568 students attending schools in the county, 48.2% were Hispanic. White students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 20% of the total enrollment.

In the previous school year, Hispanic students were also the most common group in Clark County, representing 47.7% of the student body.

Clark County School District has a main office in Las Vegas and is the only school district within Clark County.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in the county increased by 0.1% compared to the previous year.

Meanwhile, chronic absenteeism has become a significant issue in Nevada since the pandemic. In the 2022-23 school year, the state reported that more than a third of students (34.9%) were chronically absent from classes, nearly double the rate from 2018-19 (18.8%). This mirrors a national trend, with estimates suggesting the number of chronically absent students in the U.S. has grown to over 16 million compared to pre-pandemic data.

Currently, Nevada has roughly one teacher for every 22 students, compared to the national average of one teacher for every 16 students.