Explore Academy
North Las Vegas · NV · State Sponsored Charter Schools · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Most similar nearby schools
College of So NV HS East → Desert Rose HS → Founders Academy of Las Vegas → Global Community HS → College of So NV HS West → Nevada State High School Northwest → Innovations Int'l Charter J-SHS → Nevada State High School Summerlin →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Explore Academy compares for families
What families should know about Explore Academy.
- ▸ LocallyNV trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−10 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: College of So NV HS East, Desert Rose HS, Founders Academy of Las Vegas and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Nevada-Reno
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $15,927/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +19.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 356 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $8,734 per student in district revenue, the 510 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $4,454,340/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of So NV HS East N Las Vegas |
Public | 4.4 | 161 | +36.4% |
| Desert Rose HS N Las Vegas |
Public | 2.1 | 134 | +20.7% |
| Founders Academy of Las Vegas Las Vegas |
Public · charter | 2.1 | 221 | +42.6% |
| Global Community HS Las Vegas |
Public | 5.8 | 188 | +45.7% |
| College of So NV HS West Las Vegas |
Public | 5.5 | 218 | +10.1% |
| Nevada State High School Northwest Las Vegas |
Public · charter | 5.1 | 126 | +6.8% |
| Innovations Int'l Charter J-SHS Las Vegas |
Public · charter | 6.0 | 119 | +14.4% |
| Nevada State High School Summerlin Las Vegas |
Public · charter | 5.1 | 101 | -42.6% |