Best Cities in Nevada for Schools

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Rank (of 33)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
1^st	Verdi	1	0	0	0	0	0.92	1
2^nd	Eureka	1	0	1	0	0	0.841	4	2
3^rd	Zephyr Cove	1	0	1	0	0	0.778	3
4^th	Boulder City	2	1	2	0	1	0.77	2	2
5^th	Minden	2	1	2	1	2	0.769	10	5
6^th	Henderson	35	8	10	4	15	0.715	7	1
7^th	Overton	0	1	1	0	0	0.684	5	2
8^th	Incline Village	1	1	1	0	1	0.648	6	2
9^th	Panaca	1	1	1	0	0	0.622	8	1
10^th	Logandale	1	0	0	0	0	0.585	11	1
11^th	Elko	9	2	3	2	0	0.572	15	4
12^th	Reno	53	11	17	3	28	0.534	12
13^th	Gardnerville	3	2	1	0	2	0.532	14	1
14^th	Fallon	4	1	1	1	2	0.525	13	1
15^th	Las Vegas	202	42	66	13	79	0.491	17	2
16^th	Mesquite	1	1	1	0	1	0.473	16
17^th	Sparks	25	5	5	0	6	0.454	18	1
18^th	Carson City	9	2	1	0	5	0.406	21	3
19^th	West Wendover	1	1	1	0	0	0.383	25	6
20^th	Spring Creek	4	1	1	0	1	0.373	24	4
21^st	Ely	3	1	2	0	0	0.357	22	1
22^nd	Winnemucca	3	2	1	0	0	0.339	19	3
23^rd	North Las Vegas	34	8	12	2	7	0.339	26	3
24^th	Pahrump	6	2	2	0	1	0.333	27	3
25^th	Laughlin	1	0	1	0	0	0.311	20	5
26^th	Lovelock	1	1	1	0	0	0.289	31	5
27^th	Dayton	3	1	1	0	0	0.273	29	2
28^th	Fernley	3	2	1	0	1	0.238	28
29^th	Bunkerville	1	0	0	0	0	0.221	23	6
30^th	Yerington	1	1	1	0	0	0.181	32	2
31^st	Battle Mountain	1	1	1	0	0	0.155	30	1
32^nd	Silver Springs	1	1	2	1	1	0.151	34	2
33^rd	Sun Valley	0	1	0	0	0	0.122	33

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* 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 15, 2026, 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.
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