Schools in Zip Code 89166

ZIP code 89166 covers the Skye Canyon area of northwest Las Vegas, and it is served by a single school: Somerset Academy Skye Canyon, a K–8 elementary school with 996 students. Because it is the only school in the area, there is nothing to compare it against locally, but it belongs to the charter district State Sponsored Charter Schools, which gives useful context. The school is a consistently top-performing choice, ranking 15th out of 376 Nevada schools in 2025-2026 with a 5-star rating — the top 4% in the state. It has held 5 stars and a 95th-percentile-or-better ranking for three straight years (16th, 18th, then 15th), which suggests steady results rather than one lucky class.

Academically, the school outperforms both its district and the state in every subject and every grade tested. In 2025-2026, 67.2% of students were proficient in math, 73.4% in reading, and 53.5% in science — roughly 28 to 31 points above Nevada's statewide rates. Reading is the strongest subject, with 5th grade (79.8%) and 8th grade (79.0%) posting the highest results. Math slips gradually from 72.8% in 3rd grade to 61.2% in 8th grade, though the school's lead over the state actually widens. Notably, 5th-grade science (43.2%) is the lowest result, yet it is still nearly 2.5 times the state rate. One thing to watch: 3rd-grade reading (64.0%) is the lowest reading score and sits 10 points below 4th grade, possibly a cohort effect. Science also dipped 6.4 points year over year, while math and reading each fell about 1 point.

Chronic absenteeism is 10.2%, well below the district's 17.2% and the state's 25.5%. The student-teacher ratio is 22.6 to 1, and per-student spending was $8,599 in 2023-2024. Free and reduced lunch data is not reported, and there are no district or state comparisons for spending or staffing, so those figures are hard to judge on their own. On the measures available, this is an unusually strong neighborhood school.