Best Cities in Nevada for Schools

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the test scores by the Nevada Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 18, 2024.

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Rank (of 35)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Verdi	1	0	0	0	0	0.936	1
2^nd	Zephyr Cove	1	0	1	0	0	0.837	10	8
3^rd	Moapa	1	0	0	0	0	0.809		(n/a)
4^th	Overton	0	1	1	0	0	0.791	2	2
5^th	Logandale	1	0	0	0	0	0.751	11	6
6^th	Boulder City	2	1	1	0	1	0.747	3	3
7^th	Eureka	1	0	1	0	0	0.746	4	3
8^th	Panaca	1	1	1	0	0	0.735	5	3
9^th	Henderson	34	8	9	4	16	0.715	9
10^th	Virginia City	1	1	1	0	0	0.679	7	3
11^th	Minden	2	1	2	1	2	0.655	8	3
12^th	Mesquite	1	1	1	0	1	0.591	19	7
13^th	Reno	51	11	16	3	24	0.555	16	3
14^th	Fallon	3	1	1	1	2	0.547	12	2
15^th	Elko	7	2	3	2	0	0.545	14	1
16^th	Incline Village	1	1	1	0	1	0.538	13	3
17^th	Gardnerville	3	2	1	0	2	0.49	15	2
18^th	Sparks	25	5	5	0	6	0.49	20	2
19^th	Winnemucca	3	2	2	0	0	0.48	23	4
20^th	Las Vegas	203	44	65	10	73	0.478	21	1
21^st	Carson City	8	2	2	0	4	0.433	18	3
22^nd	Spring Creek	4	1	1	0	1	0.428	22
23^rd	Lovelock	1	1	1	0	0	0.378	25	2
24^th	Bunkerville	1	0	0	0	0	0.353	34	10
25^th	Ely	2	1	2	0	0	0.35	17	8
26^th	Fernley	3	2	1	0	1	0.344	24	2
27^th	Dayton	3	1	1	0	0	0.318	29	2
28^th	North Las Vegas	34	9	11	2	6	0.304	28
29^th	Pahrump	5	2	2	0	1	0.302	27	2
30^th	Battle Mountain	1	1	1	0	0	0.295	33	3
31^st	Silver Springs	1	1	2	1	1	0.266	26	5
32^nd	Laughlin	1	0	1	0	0	0.252	30	2
33^rd	West Wendover	1	1	1	0	0	0.251	31	2
34^th	Yerington	1	1	1	0	0	0.25	32	2
35^th	Sun Valley	0	1	0	0	0	0.092	35

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About our rankings:

* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Nevada Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 18, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Nevada Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Nevada Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Nevada Department of Education.