School Choice
The Race Gap Between Nevada's Two School Systems Just Closed
Nevada's charter schools closed the racial gap with traditional districts even as charters gained 28,201 students and traditional lost 53,160.
Nevada Education News & Data
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Early Childhood
Nevada's Pre-K Enrollment Grew 19% While K-12 Shrank
Nevada added 2,254 pre-K seats since 2019 even as overall enrollment fell by 27,000 students. The expansion faces a funding cliff as federal grants expire.
School Choice
Nevada's Virtual Schools Lost Half Their Students
Nevada's two virtual charter schools shed 2,400 students since 2019, but for very different reasons: one was forced to close grades K-8, the other is in freefall.
Demographics
In Clark County, White Students Are Now One in Five
Clark County School District is 48.9% Hispanic and 18.7% white. The district lost a third of its white students in seven years as Nevada's demographic transformation accelerates.
Special Populations
1 in 7 Nevada Students Now Has an IEP
Nevada added 9,224 special ed students since 2021 while total enrollment fell, pushing the IEP rate to 14.8% and straining a system short on staff.
Enrollment
Nevada's Kindergarten Class Is 15% Smaller Than It Was Seven Years Ago
Kindergarten enrollment fell from 35,834 to 30,490 since 2019 while 12th grade grew 11.5%, creating a pipeline inversion that guarantees years of declining enrollment ahead.
School Choice
Pinecrest Added 4,000 Students in Seven Years
Pinecrest Academy of Nevada grew 91.6% since 2019, closing in on Somerset as the state's largest charter. Five Academica-managed brands now enroll nearly half of all charter students.
Demographics
Seven in 10 Nevada Districts Are Now Majority-Minority
49 of 70 Nevada school districts now have student bodies where white students are less than half, up from 30 of 52 seven years ago.
District Spotlight
69 Students: Inside Nevada's Emptiest School District
Esmeralda County enrolled just 69 students in 2025-26, a new all-time low. The district has lost 28% of its enrollment since 2019 in a county of 710 people.
Enrollment
Half of Nevada's Districts Never Recovered From COVID
Five years after the pandemic, 26 of 51 Nevada districts remain below 2019 enrollment. Nearly every traditional county district is among them.
School Choice
Nevada's Charter Authority Now Enrolls More Students Than Washoe County
SPCSA's 70,534 students surpass Washoe County's 63,655, making the charter authority Nevada's second-largest school system in a single year.
Demographics
One in Four: White Students Now a Quarter of Nevada
Nevada lost 35,047 white students since 2019, a 22% decline that accounts for more than the state's entire enrollment drop. In Clark County, white share fell below one in five.
Enrollment
Nevada Loses 27,000 Students as Charter Sector Doubles
Nevada public school enrollment has fallen 5.4% from its 2020 peak while charter schools nearly doubled their share to 14.9%, reshaping the state's education landscape.
District Spotlight
14,000 Students Gone in One Year
Clark County lost 14,451 students in 2025-26, its worst year on record, exceeding even COVID. CCSD faces $50M in cuts and 1,200 staff surpluses.
Enrollment
Nevada Publishes 2025-26 Enrollment Data
NDE releases 2025-26 enrollment data showing a 9,251-student loss, the largest non-COVID decline in state history, as charters double their share.