Las Vegas City Wire

Of the 25,196 students who took part in the Science portion of their Criterion Referenced Test (CRT) in Clark County School District, 13.9% met the testing standard while 5.7% exceeded expectations, according to the Nevada Accountability Portal.

The number of students who succeeded in the test grew by 1.5% from the previous school year.

At the time, the proficiency level in the district was 19.6%, 0.6% less than the state's average of 20.2%.

There were 304,568 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year, 0.1% more than the year before.

Across the state, Washoe County School District had the highest percentage growth in enrollment during the 2023-24 school year, increasing by 4.3% from 61,171 to 63,777 students. Meanwhile, Lyon County School District saw the smallest percentage growth, changing by less than 0.1%, increasing from 9,053 to 9,057 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.

According to the Nation's Report Card data, there is a significant disparity in academic performance between minority students and their white peers in Nevada's schools. For example, in 2022, 8th-grade reading exams revealed that 46% of African American and 39% of Hispanic students failed, compared to 21% of white students. Similar trends were also seen in math and across different grade levels.

Year	Students who meet standard (%)	Students who exceed standards (%)	Total Enrollment
2022-23	12.5%	6.2%	304,276
2023-24	13.9%	5.7%	304,568