Public schools in Nevada

735 public schools and 20 school districts in Nevada: students, class sizes, charter schools and spending per student, by district.

Public schools

Nevada has 735 public schools with 474,586 students and 19.8 students per teacher (US: 15.2).

15% of students attend one of its 104 charter schools.

551 schools serve free meals to every student.

Districts with schools here, by students here.

District	Schools	Students	Spending / student
Clark County	379	301,622	$14,774
State Sponsored Charter SchoolsCharter school agency	81	63,609	—
Washoe County	113	63,412	$13,902
Elko	34	9,539	$14,883
Lyon	19	9,169	$15,090
Nye	23	5,521	$18,655
Carson City	10	5,027	$14,584
Douglas	15	4,927	$15,749
Humboldt	14	3,233	$16,294
Churchill	5	3,081	$15,174
White Pine County School District	8	1,243	$19,922
Lander	4	1,059	$15,930

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
NV Learning Academy J-SHSFully virtual	6–12	3,352	21.6	Las Vegas
Desert Oasis HSFree meals for all	9–12	3,300	26.0	Las Vegas
Sierra Vista HSFree meals for all

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

District	Schools	Students	Spending / student
Clark County	379	301,622	$14,774
State Sponsored Charter SchoolsCharter school agency	81	63,609	—
Washoe County	113	63,412	$13,902
Elko	34	9,539	$14,883
Lyon	19	9,169	$15,090
Nye	23	5,521	$18,655
Carson City	10	5,027	$14,584
Douglas	15	4,927	$15,749
Humboldt	14	3,233	$16,294
Churchill	5	3,081	$15,174
White Pine County School District	8	1,243	$19,922
Lander	4	1,059	$15,930
Lincoln	9	958	$18,216
Pershing	4	666	$23,617
Mineral	4	534	$22,184
Storey	4	392	$26,350
Eureka	3	310	$38,089
Davidson AcademySpecialized school district	1	169	—
Esmeralda	4	75	$38,910
Correctional School DistrictOther education agency	1	40	—