Summary:
The 89121 zip code area of Las Vegas, Nevada is home to two high schools: NV Learning Academy J-Senior High School and Chaparral High School. Both schools are performing significantly below the Clark County district and state averages across a range of academic metrics, indicating a need for improvement in educational outcomes for students in this area.
NV Learning Academy J-Senior High School is a public virtual high school with 3,204 students, while Chaparral High School is a traditional public high school with 2,242 students. Both schools have relatively low performance metrics, with NV Learning Academy J-Senior High School ranked 77th out of 103 Nevada high schools and Chaparral High School ranked 101st. The 4-year graduation rate for both schools is 81.6%, lower than the state average, and they both have high chronic absenteeism rates of 26.6%, significantly higher than the state average.
Academically, both schools perform significantly below the district and state averages in mathematics, reading, and science. For example, in 2024-2025, the percentage of students proficient or better in SBAC Mathematics for all grades was 8.1% at NV Learning Academy J-Senior High School, compared to 35.4% at the state level. Additionally, Chaparral High School has a 100% free and reduced-price lunch rate, indicating a high-poverty student population, and its spending per student ($9,574 in 2021-2022) is lower than the spending at NV Learning Academy J-Senior High School ($16,080 in 2020-2021).
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