Explore Academy

Explore Academy is a public small high school in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Students in grades 6 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 356 students. For comparison, high schools in Nevada average about 973 students.

State Sponsored Charter Schools is responsible for 83 schools, Explore Academy included, with 64,162 students in all.

Explore Academy's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 47%. The school is also 24% Black, 15% White, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 32%. Explore Academy has a diversity index of 69%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

A ratio of 64.7:1 comes from the school's 5.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, high schools in Nevada average 72.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 70% in 2024-25. Compared with the 93% average for public schools in Clark County, the school's rate is lower.

According to the American Community Survey, in Clark County, median household income is about $76,472, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 462 public schools operate in Clark County, serving about 360,225 students.

The next-closest public school is Swainston Theron L Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

In the federal locale system, Explore Academy is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Explore Academy is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.

Enrollment records show 136 in 2020-21 and 356 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.1:1 in 2020-21, and 64.7:1 in 2024-25.

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