Explore Academy

As a tiny 9-12 campus in North Las Vegas, Nevada, Explore Academy caters to 356 students from grades 6 through 12, one of the schools within State Sponsored Charter Schools. That puts it 63% below the typical public school in Nevada, which averages around 973 students.

Within State Sponsored Charter Schools, which oversees 83 schools and 64,162 students, Explore Academy is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Explore Academy records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 24% Black, 15% White, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 64.7:1. The state averages around 72.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Clark County's rate of about 93%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Clark County) reports that median household earnings sit near $76,472, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Explore Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Swainston Theron L MS, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Explore Academy.

Explore Academy operates from an urban location. Explore Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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