Las Vegas City Wire

Of the 23,440 students who took part in the English portion of their College and Career Readiness Assessment (CCR) in Clark County School District, 34.4% met the testing standard while 11.8% exceeded expectations, according to the Nevada Accountability Portal.

The number of students who succeeded in the test grew by 6.7% from the previous school year.

At the time, the proficiency level in the district was 46.2%, 0.7% more than the state's average of 45.5%.

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.

In Nevada, the ACT serves as the College and Career Readiness assessment for high school juniors, and it is used to evaluate if they are on track for higher education.

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
2017-18	32.6%	10.4%	324,030
2018-19	34.5%	11.7%	325,081
2019-20	34.8%	13.2%	323,787
2020-21	34.3%	11.6%	310,342
2021-22	32.3%	11.7%	310,556
2022-23	33.4%	12.5%	304,276
2023-24	34.4%	11.8%	304,568