Quest Academy Northwest

Quest Academy Northwest operates as a mid-sized primary school in Las Vegas, Nevada, operated by State Sponsored Charter Schools. Current enrollment sits at 465 students spanning grades K through 8.

Across the 83 schools in State Sponsored Charter Schools (64,162 students total), Quest Academy Northwest accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Quest Academy Northwest records that 44% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 9% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 33.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting Quest Academy Northwest higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Quest Academy Northwest qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Quest Academy Northwest sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 27.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Clark County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Quest Academy Northwest is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).

Founders Academy of Las Vegas is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Quest Academy Northwest ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. Quest Academy Northwest operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Quest Academy Northwest has ticked down 13%, going from 535 students in 2018 to 465 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 19% to 9% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 29.7:1 in 2018 to 33.2:1 today.

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