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West Dr. Charles I. Preparatory Academy

Public Grades 6-12

81^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 105 Nevada High Schools

Better than 23% of Nevada high schools

Summary

West Dr. Charles I. Preparatory Academy is a Clark County school in Las Vegas serving grades 6–12, with 1,276 students and a high-poverty population: 100% of students received free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025. In 2025–2026 it ranked 81st of 105 Nevada high schools (1 star), a steep drop from 29th of 107 (4 stars) in 2014–2015.

Test scores are the main concern. In 2025–2026 SBAC results, 12% of students were proficient in math (district 33.8%, state 36.2%) and 24.6% in reading (district 43.3%, state 45.2%); science was 13.5%. ACT English was 38.5%, while ACT math and some science figures were suppressed by the state, meaning those values are unknown rather than zero. Grades 6–8 scores show the same pattern. The clear bright spot is graduation: 93.9% in 2023–2024, 93.4% in 2022–2023, and 94.0% in 2021–2022 — roughly 12 points above district and state rates near 81.5%. The 2024–2025 school-level graduation rate is not available. Chronic absenteeism improved from 44.6% in 2021–2022 to 31.2% in 2025–2026 but remains above district (27.0%) and state (25.5%).

Locally, results are polarized. West Dr. outperforms Western High School (100th of 105, 5th percentile) on ACT English, science, and attendance, and it has lower absenteeism than Desert Rose High School and Mission High School. But nearby magnets such as Advanced Technologies Academy (1st of 105, 89.8% ACT English) and Las Vegas Academy of the Arts High School (8th) score far higher. Spending rose from $9,983 per student in 2020–2021 to $14,658 in 2023–2024 without clear proficiency gains. The bottom line: this school helps students finish high school, but tested academic mastery lags well behind district and state benchmarks.

1,276

Students ?

19.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,658

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2050 Sapphire Stone Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89106

(702) 799-3120

District: Clark County

Feeder schools for West Dr. Charles I. Preparatory Academy:

Elementary:	Antonello Lee Elementary School
	Fitzgerald H P Elementary School
	Kelly Matt Elementary School
	Williams Wendell Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

65.7%

African American:

26.6%

White:

3.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 73rd percentile in 2015 → 23rd in 2026

Strengths

✓94% graduate in 4 years — above the Nevada average (82%)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Nevada average (18% vs 37% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 50 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school18%

District avg35%

Nevada avg37%

Middle school

134^th of 148

Nevada public middle schools ?

Bottom 9%▲ up 8 pts since 2016

From bottom 2% (2016) to bottom 9% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

81^st of 105

Nevada public high schools ?

Bottom 23%▼ down 7 pts since 2016

From bottom 30% (2016) to bottom 23% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

34^th of 48High Schools in the Clark County

5^th of 12Clark County among Nevada districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Middle school ranking

Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2026	11.9	134 of 148	9.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	10.4	140 of 151	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.8	126 of 153	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.4	145 of 152	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.3	136 of 151	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	8.8	139 of 145	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.1	152 of 159	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.5	108 of 114	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	13.4	117 of 126	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	8.1	120 of 122	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	6.2	110 of 117	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	4.8	115 of 121	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	33.3	53 of 83	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2008	0.8	82 of 82	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	15.8	53 of 59	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	37.6	44 of 75	41.3%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	11.8	100 of 106	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	21.2	79 of 95	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	14.4	94 of 100	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	13.3	97 of 108	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	23.1	80 of 84	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

High school ranking

Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2026	20.8	81 of 105	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	22.3	78 of 103	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.7	61 of 96	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	21.8	76 of 96	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.4	79 of 101	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.7	85 of 136	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.4	70 of 118	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2017	44.9	63 of 125	49.6%	★★★☆☆
2016	33.4	79 of 113	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2015	70.7	29 of 107	72.9%	★★★★☆
2014	76.8	19 of 105	81.9%	★★★★☆
2013	62.8	45 of 110	59.1%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2018	67.1	12 of 54	77.8%	★★★★☆
2017	17.2	40 of 46	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2019	26.9	54 of 61	11.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	75.1	6 of 53	88.7%	★★★★★
2017	84.2	3 of 47	93.6%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2019	36.2	79 of 121	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.1	67 of 99	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2017	36.8	56 of 80	30.0%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2023	47.9	20 of 50	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	35.3	28 of 52	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.0	61 of 110	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	57.8	28 of 92	69.6%	★★★★☆
2017	54.0	28 of 73	61.6%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2025	33.3	36 of 64	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	32.9	31 of 52	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.2	69 of 109	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	55.2	29 of 99	70.7%	★★★★☆
2017	46.6	40 of 75	46.7%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2022	34.8	43 of 75	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	23.8	92 of 126	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	47.1	52 of 108	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2017	26.0	60 of 79	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Middle school

English Language Learner (2018)41st percentile+36 vs school

Hispanic (2018)17th percentile+12 vs school

Male (2018)10th percentile+5 vs school

African American (2018)10th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2018)6th percentile~ school

Female (2018)6th percentile~ school

Special Education (2018)5th percentile~ school

High school

African American (2018)78th percentile+37 vs school

Hispanic (2023)60th percentile+24 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)44th percentile+19 vs school

Male (2022)43rd percentile+22 vs school

Female (2019)35th percentile-3 vs school

English Language Learner (2019)11th percentile-26 vs school

By subject vs Nevada (2025-2026) ?

English38%-12 vs state

Reading25%-21 vs state

Science14%-12 vs state

Mathematics12%-24 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ACT Mathematics (2026)	ACT English (2026)	EOC Science Exam Science (2026)			SBAC Mathematics (2026)				SBAC Reading (2026)				SBAC Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT English 11th Grade	EOC Science Exam Science 9th Grade	EOC Science Exam Science 10th Grade	EOC Science Exam Science End of Course	SBAC Mathematics 6th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 7th Grade	SBAC Mathematics 8th Grade	SBAC Mathematics All Grades	SBAC Reading 6th Grade	SBAC Reading 7th Grade	SBAC Reading 8th Grade	SBAC Reading All Grades	SBAC Science 8th Grade	SBAC Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
West Dr. Charles I. Preparatory Academy	Public	6-12	2050 Sapphire Stone Ave	Las Vegas	89106	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-3120	1,276	64	19.9	100.0%	45 (3.5%)	340 (26.6%)	838 (65.7%)	13 (1.0%)	5 (0.4%)	6 (0.5%)	29 (2.3%)	20.8	81^st of 105 public high schools	22.9%		22.3	78^th of 103 public high schools	24.3%	3		38.5			16.4	13.9	12.6	9.7	12.0	18.7	29.2	25.1	24.6	13.5	13.5	$14,658	$1,962	$12,697
Democracy Prep at Agassi High	Public, Charter	9-12	1201 W Lake Mead Blvd	Las Vegas	89106	Clark County	State Sponsored Charter Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(702) 316-2410	314	2	157.0	100.0%	4 (1.3%)	244 (77.7%)	60 (19.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (1.0%)	76	25^th of 105 public high schools	76.2%					(n/a)	50.0	59.6														$9,511	$1,293	$8,217
Veterans Tribute CTA High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	2531 Vegas Dr	Las Vegas	89106	Clark County	Clark County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(702) 799-4710	823	40	20.5	100.0%	152 (18.5%)	50 (6.1%)	541 (65.7%)	29 (3.5%)	3 (0.4%)	10 (1.2%)	38 (4.6%)	69.2	34^th of 105 public high schools	67.6%		68.4	32^nd of 103 public high schools	68.9%	2	33.8	74.7			32.2											$15,468	$1,495	$13,973
Advanced Technologies Academy High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	1411 Robin Street	Las Vegas	89106	Clark County	Clark County	No	Yes	No	No	(702) 799-7870	1,225	59	20.7	100.0%	224 (18.3%)	128 (10.4%)	547 (44.7%)	217 (17.7%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.5%)	100 (8.2%)	98.6	1^st of 105 public high schools	99.0%		98.9	1^st of 103 public high schools	99.0%		69.1	89.8			65.8											$14,513	$1,330	$13,183
The Delta Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	818 West Brooks Avenue	North Las Vegas	89030	Clark County	State Sponsored Charter Schools	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(702) 396-2252	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	17.6	85^th of 105 public high schools	19.0%					(n/a)	8.1	39.2			16.9	23.5	27.8	16.1	21.4	30.1	34.5	23.3	28.4	14.3	14.3
Desert Rose High School	Public	9-12	444 W Brooks Ave	North Las Vegas	89030	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-6240	137	19	7.2	100.0%	5 (3.6%)	41 (29.9%)	78 (56.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	12 (8.8%)								(n/a)																$58,793	$4,324	$54,469
Mission High School	Public	6-12	801 Veterans Memorial Drive	Las Vegas	89101	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-7880	18	6	3.0	100.0%	10 (55.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (44.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																$80,130	$395	$79,734
Thrive Point Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	3802 Meadows Ln	Las Vegas	89107	Clark County	State Sponsored Charter Schools	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(702) 844-8854	318	4	79.5	12.6%	59 (18.6%)	87 (27.4%)	135 (42.5%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.9%)	26 (8.2%)								(n/a)		8.4
Explore Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	3551 N Ferrell St	North Las Vegas	89032	Clark County	State Sponsored Charter Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(702) 483-6332	356	6	64.7	69.9%	52 (14.6%)	85 (23.9%)	168 (47.2%)	10 (2.8%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.5%)	31 (8.7%)								(n/a)		42.8							9.0	22.7	22.0	26.6	24.0	22.0	22.0	$9,212	$1,357	$7,855
Western High School	Public	9-12	4601 W Bonanza Rd	Las Vegas	89107	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-4080	2,761	138	20.0	100.0%	114 (4.1%)	370 (13.4%)	2,128 (77.1%)	49 (1.8%)	7 (0.3%)	28 (1.0%)	65 (2.4%)	10.1	100^th of 105 public high schools	4.8%		14.4	91^st of 103 public high schools	11.7%	9	7.7	25.3			11.7											$11,761	$1,957	$9,804

Frequently Asked Questions about West Dr. Charles I. Preparatory Academy

What district is West Dr. Charles I. Preparatory Academy in?

Clark County

Is West Dr. Charles I. Preparatory Academy a good school?

West Dr. Charles I. Preparatory Academy ranks in the bottom 22.9% of Nevada high schools.

What schools feed into West Dr. Charles I. Preparatory Academy?

West Dr. Charles I. Preparatory Academy is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Antonello Lee Elementary School
Elementary : Fitzgerald H P Elementary School
Elementary : Kelly Matt Elementary School
Elementary : Williams Wendell Elementary School

How many students attend West Dr. Charles I. Preparatory Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,276 students attended West Dr. Charles I. Preparatory Academy.

What is the racial makeup of West Dr. Charles I. Preparatory Academy?

Students at West Dr. Charles I. Preparatory Academy are 66% Hispanic, 27% African American, 4% White, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

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