Las Vegas City Wire

Of the 26,022 students who took part in the Science portion of their Criterion Referenced Test (CRT) in Clark County School District, 12.5% met the testing standard while 6.2% exceeded expectations, according to the Nevada Accountability Portal.

At the time, the proficiency level in the district was 18.7%, 1.3% less than the state's average of 20%.

There were 304,276 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year, 2% less than the year before.

Across the state, Nye County School District had the highest percentage growth in enrollment during the 2022-23 school year, increasing by 4.8% from 5,577 to 5,842 students. Meanwhile, Mineral County School District saw the smallest percentage growth, changing by 0.2%, increasing from 607 to 608 students.

Clark County School District roughly covers schools within Clark County and has a main office in Las Vegas.

Criterion-Referenced Tests (CRTs) are used to evaluate students' proficiency in core subjects like mathematics, English Language arts, and Science.

Although Nevada has seen some significant relief in chronic absenteeism since the pandemic, numbers are still high. In the 2023-24 school year, the state reported an improvement of roughly 10% in the number of chronically absent students. However, more than a quarter of students (25.9%) were chronically absent from classes. 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.

Year	Students who meet standard (%)	Students who exceed standards (%)	Total Enrollment
2022-23	12.5%	6.2%	304,276