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Southwest Career & Technical Academy High School

Q: Is Southwest Career & Technical Academy High School a good school?

Yes. Southwest Career & Technical Academy High School ranks in the top 5.7% of Nevada high schools.

Q: How many students attend Southwest Career & Technical Academy High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,600 students attended Southwest Career & Technical Academy High School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Southwest Career & Technical Academy High School?

Students at Southwest Career & Technical Academy High School are 32% Asian, 24% Hispanic, 23% White, 9% African American, 9% Two or more races, 3% Pacific Islander.

Public, Magnet Grades 9-12

6^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 105 Nevada High Schools

Better than 94% of Nevada high schools

Summary

Southwest Career & Technical Academy High School is a grades 9–12 career and technical academy in Las Vegas, Nevada, serving about 1,600 students as part of the Clark County school district.

Its results are among the strongest in the state. In 2025–2026 it ranked 6th of 105 Nevada high schools — the 94th percentile, with 5 stars — and it has stayed in the top 11 every year for the past five years. Test scores are far above the district and state: ACT Math 52% (district 22.3%, state 22.6%), ACT English 86.8% (district 51.2%), and Science End of Course 53.7% (district 27%). For comparison, the nearest comprehensive high schools score much lower — Spring Valley High School at 25.3% in math and 68% in English, Sierra Vista High School at 20.2% and 56%, Desert Oasis High School at 24.5% and 53.2%, and Durango and Liberty below those. The nearby charter Nevada State High School Southwest, which serves grades 11–12, is also strong at 37.2% math and 76.2% English.

Chronic absenteeism sets Southwest apart too: 11.1%, versus 27% for the district, 25.5% statewide, and 28.6%–44.8% at nearby comprehensive high schools. Per-student spending was $11,420 in 2023–24 — higher than the five nearby same-district comprehensive schools ($9,563–$10,894) — with a student/teacher ratio of 22.8. About 100% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, and low-income students still rank 3rd of 64 (95th percentile). Two gaps to note: no graduation rate is reported for Southwest, and 9th/10th grade Science End of Course results are suppressed, so those are unknown.

1,600

Students ?

22.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,420

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

7050 W Shelbourne Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89113

(702) 799-5766

District: Clark County

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

32.3%

Hispanic:

23.6%

White:

23.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 88th percentile in 2016 → 94th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Nevada average (64% vs 31% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 6% of Nevada high schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2016

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 23 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school64%

District avg31%

Nevada avg31%

6^th of 105

Nevada public high schools ?

Top 6%▲ up 6 pts since 2016

From top 12% (2016) to top 6% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2026	94.7	6 of 105	94.3%	★★★★★
2025	92.1	10 of 103	90.3%	★★★★★
2024	94.0	7 of 97	92.8%	★★★★★
2023	86.5	11 of 96	88.5%	★★★★☆
2022	93.7	6 of 96	93.8%	★★★★★
2021	89.6	12 of 101	88.1%	★★★★☆
2019	94.7	8 of 136	94.1%	★★★★★
2018	84.1	13 of 118	89.0%	★★★★☆
2017	85.5	9 of 125	92.8%	★★★★★
2016	84.7	13 of 113	88.5%	★★★★☆
2015	89.4	8 of 107	92.5%	★★★★★
2014	87.3	11 of 105	89.5%	★★★★★
2013	88.8	7 of 110	93.6%	★★★★★
2012	84.6	13 of 71	81.7%	★★★★☆
2011	83.8	9 of 69	87.0%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2022	92.8	1 of 4	75.0%	★★★★★
2019	97.3	4 of 56	92.9%	★★★★★
2018	82.7	8 of 54	85.2%	★★★★☆
2017	86.9	7 of 46	84.8%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2026	81.1	4 of 27	85.2%	★★★★☆
2025	70.2	9 of 23	60.9%	★★★★☆
2024	75.1	8 of 25	68.0%	★★★★☆
2023	65.4	10 of 26	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	81.4	8 of 29	72.4%	★★★★☆
2021	59.4	12 of 27	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	85.7	8 of 53	84.9%	★★★★☆
2018	75.9	14 of 49	71.4%	★★★★☆
2017	79.4	6 of 44	86.4%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2026	93.7	4 of 60	93.3%	★★★★★
2025	88.1	6 of 47	87.2%	★★★★☆
2024	90.4	7 of 68	89.7%	★★★★★
2023	78.7	19 of 70	72.9%	★★★★☆
2022	93.1	4 of 67	94.0%	★★★★★
2021	81.2	17 of 73	76.7%	★★★★☆
2019	93.6	10 of 121	91.7%	★★★★★
2018	78.7	17 of 99	82.8%	★★★★☆
2017	82.2	10 of 80	87.5%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2026	92.3	6 of 65	90.8%	★★★★★
2024	72.5	15 of 60	75.0%	★★★★☆
2023	77.1	10 of 50	80.0%	★★★★☆
2022	94.0	4 of 46	91.3%	★★★★★
2021	96.1	5 of 52	90.4%	★★★★★
2019	90.4	10 of 110	90.9%	★★★★★
2018	86.6	13 of 92	85.9%	★★★★☆
2017	87.0	7 of 73	90.4%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2026	97.6	3 of 64	95.3%	★★★★★
2025	93.9	7 of 64	89.1%	★★★★★
2024	96.0	5 of 60	91.7%	★★★★★
2023	85.6	8 of 48	83.3%	★★★★☆
2022	98.7	2 of 38	94.7%	★★★★★
2021	97.7	4 of 52	92.3%	★★★★★
2019	98.4	6 of 109	94.5%	★★★★★
2018	94.8	6 of 99	93.9%	★★★★★
2017	93.1	6 of 75	92.0%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2026	90.7	5 of 62	91.9%	★★★★★
2025	86.8	7 of 49	85.7%	★★★★☆
2024	90.3	7 of 77	90.9%	★★★★★
2023	86.2	10 of 75	86.7%	★★★★☆
2022	94.2	4 of 75	94.7%	★★★★★
2021	92.8	8 of 75	89.3%	★★★★★
2019	93.6	10 of 126	92.1%	★★★★★
2018	84.4	12 of 108	88.9%	★★★★☆
2017	87.7	7 of 79	91.1%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2026	94.6	1 of 23	95.7%	★★★★★
2024	68.6	3 of 19	84.2%	★★★★☆
2023	51.6	11 of 17	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	91.7	1 of 21	95.2%	★★★★★
2019	93.4	5 of 56	91.1%	★★★★★
2018	76.0	9 of 52	82.7%	★★★★☆
2017	84.4	6 of 50	88.0%	★★★★☆

Pacific Islander

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2019	96.1	2 of 18	88.9%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2019	100.0	1 of 65	98.5%	★★★★★
2018	94.2	4 of 60	93.3%	★★★★★
2017	99.2	1 of 57	98.2%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Nevada percentile	Rating
2026	82.6	10 of 63	84.1%	★★★★☆
2025	77.9	16 of 68	76.5%	★★★★☆
2024	90.3	7 of 65	89.2%	★★★★★
2023	86.6	8 of 62	87.1%	★★★★☆
2022	77.3	12 of 66	81.8%	★★★★☆
2021	83.0	16 of 75	78.7%	★★★★☆
2019	83.7	21 of 117	82.1%	★★★★☆
2018	67.3	26 of 100	74.0%	★★★★☆
2017	81.2	9 of 78	88.5%	★★★★☆

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)

Special Education (2019)98th percentile+4 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)96th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)95th percentile~ school

Female (2026)93rd percentile~ school

Male (2026)92nd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)91st percentile-4 vs school

Pacific Islander (2019)89th percentile-5 vs school

Asian (2026)85th percentile-9 vs school

White (2026)84th percentile-10 vs school

African American (2022)75th percentile-19 vs school

By subject vs Nevada (2025-2026) ?

English87%+36 vs state

Science54%+27 vs state

Mathematics52%+29 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, May 19, 2014

The school says we will have these classes, these qualified professionals to teach the classes, AND the student must pass the classes to earn the certificate.

But, what happens is...they hire questionable teachers, teachers leave and classes have months of rotating substitutes who do not know the specialty "tech" courses and can not teach the specialty "tech" courses. So the school will make changes to their (the schools)responsibilities and what they said they will do, and it is okay. But they do not allow the students any of the same respect.

The school has the attitude that they can makes changes to the program when they do not have qualified teachers or change the program going forward because they failed to meet what they said the would do. Kids on the other hand must still meet all their requirements even with the schools failure to teach. Close Quote

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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
Southwest Career & Technical Academy High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	7050 W Shelbourne Ave	Las Vegas	89113	Clark County	Clark County	No	Yes	No	No	(702) 799-5766	1,600	70	22.8	100.0%	372 (23.3%)	145 (9.1%)	378 (23.6%)	516 (32.3%)	4 (0.3%)	43 (2.7%)	142 (8.9%)	94.7	6^th of 105 public high schools	94.3%		92.1	10^th of 103 public high schools	90.3%	4	52.0	86.8			53.7											$11,420	$1,207	$10,213
Sierra Vista High School	Public	9-12	8100 W Robindale Rd	Las Vegas	89113	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-6820	3,255	133	24.4	100.0%	700 (21.5%)	556 (17.1%)	950 (29.2%)	532 (16.3%)	7 (0.2%)	135 (4.1%)	373 (11.5%)	46.7	50^th of 105 public high schools	52.4%		44.2	52^nd of 103 public high schools	49.5%	2	20.2	56.0			29.8											$10,894	$1,392	$9,501
Nevada State High School Southwest	Public, Charter	11-12	7885 West Sunset Road Suite 17	Las Vegas	89113	Clark County	State Sponsored Charter Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(702) 953-2600	145	0	1318.1	37.2%	25 (17.2%)	40 (27.6%)	35 (24.1%)	30 (20.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (10.3%)	78.8	22^nd of 105 public high schools	79.0%		62.1	36^th of 103 public high schools	65.0%	14	37.2	76.2														$5,043	$264	$4,778
Desert Oasis High School	Public	9-12	6600 W Erie Ave	Las Vegas	89141	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	No	(702) 799-6881	3,300	127	25.9	100.0%	769 (23.3%)	478 (14.5%)	986 (29.9%)	553 (16.8%)	15 (0.5%)	107 (3.2%)	389 (11.8%)	40.4	56^th of 105 public high schools	46.7%		47.8	48^th of 103 public high schools	53.4%	8	24.5	53.2			22.1											$10,013	$1,266	$8,748
Durango High School	Public	9-12	7100 W Dewey Dr	Las Vegas	89113	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-5850	2,322	99	23.4	100.0%	329 (14.2%)	434 (18.7%)	1,032 (44.4%)	278 (12.0%)	11 (0.5%)	54 (2.3%)	183 (7.9%)	35.3	60^th of 105 public high schools	42.9%		33.8	64^th of 103 public high schools	37.9%	4	21.5	45.5			24.1											$10,857	$1,495	$9,362
Beacon Academy of Nevada	Public, Charter	9-12	7360 W. Flamingo Road	Las Vegas	89147	Clark County	State Sponsored Charter Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(702) 726-8600	928	14	66.2	86.1%	79 (8.5%)	235 (25.3%)	504 (54.3%)	15 (1.6%)	3 (0.3%)	23 (2.5%)	69 (7.4%)								(n/a)		< 5%														$8,588	$1,736	$6,852
Burk Horizon-Southwest Sunset High School	Public	9-12	4560 W Harmon Ave	Las Vegas	89103	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-8150	24	0			2 (8.3%)	2 (8.3%)	20 (83.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																$47,622	$2,217	$45,405
South Academic Center J-Senior High School	Public	6-12	4560 W Harmon Ave	Las Vegas	89103	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(702) 799-2070	115	16	7.1	100.0%	4 (3.5%)	46 (40.0%)	49 (42.6%)	2 (1.7%)	1 (0.9%)	4 (3.5%)	9 (7.8%)								(n/a)																$37,073	$2,558	$34,515
Spring Valley High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	3750 S Buffalo Dr	Las Vegas	89147	Clark County	Clark County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(702) 799-2580	2,641	120	22.0	100.0%	487 (18.4%)	563 (21.3%)	961 (36.4%)	370 (14.0%)	11 (0.4%)	39 (1.5%)	208 (7.9%)	62.8	40^th of 105 public high schools	61.9%		59.3	40^th of 103 public high schools	61.2%		25.3	68.0			35.5											$10,394	$1,237	$9,156
South Career and Technical Academy High School	Public	9-12	225 E. Starr Ave	Las Vegas	89183	Clark County	Clark County	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(702) 799-1111	0																		(n/a)			57.0		57.0

Frequently Asked Questions about Southwest Career & Technical Academy High School

How many students attend Southwest Career & Technical Academy High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,600 students attended Southwest Career & Technical Academy High School.

What district is Southwest Career & Technical Academy High School in?

Clark County

What is the racial makeup of Southwest Career & Technical Academy High School?

Students at Southwest Career & Technical Academy High School are 32% Asian, 24% Hispanic, 23% White, 9% African American, 9% Two or more races, 3% Pacific Islander.

Is Southwest Career & Technical Academy High School a good school?

Yes. Southwest Career & Technical Academy High School ranks in the top 5.7% of Nevada high schools.

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