Summary:
ZIP code 89029 contains exactly one high school: Laughlin J-Senior High School, a Clark County public school serving grades 6–12 with 313 students in Laughlin, Nevada. Because it is a combined junior-senior high, the data includes middle-grade results alongside high-school results, and there is no local peer school to compare it to — the meaningful benchmarks are the district, the state, and prior years.
Results are mixed. Science is the relative bright spot: all-grade science proficiency was 25.5% in 2025-2026, matching the state and above the district's 23.5%, and science exceeded both in 2024-2025. Eighth-grade reading was also strong at 46.5%, above the district and state. Math is the clearest weakness — only 11.6% proficient at the all-grade level versus 33.8% in the district and 36.2% in the state, a gap of more than 22 percentage points. All-grade reading (32.8%) also trailed the district and state. ACT English swung sharply, from 63.8% proficient in 2024-2025 (above both benchmarks) to 42.8% in 2025-2026 (below both).
Beyond test scores, the graduation rate was 82.3% versus 86.6% district and 85.4% state, and chronic absenteeism was 28.0% versus 27.0% and 25.5%. The school reports 100% free/reduced lunch and $22,886 per-student spending. Its rank moved from 64th percentile and 3 stars in 2024-2025 to 38th percentile and 2 stars in 2025-2026 — close to its 2018-2019 result of 36th percentile. Several test cells were suppressed by the state for privacy; those are unknown, not zero. With only 313 students, single-year changes can reflect small cohorts, so year-over-year swings should be read with caution.
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