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If you had an hour of school board time for Quest Academy Northwest, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
465
Elementary
DISTRICT 696 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STATE SPONSORED CHARTER SCHOOLS·NCES 320000100759
Quest Academy Northwest
4025 N. Rancho Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89130 · (702) 631-4751 · Clark County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Nevada public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nevada public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
33.2:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 34.0:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
465 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 85%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 6% smaller than its 8th grade class (49).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.2%
NV avg 45.8% . +8.8pp since 2023
Math
26.2%
NV avg 35.6% . +5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.2% | 26.2% |
| 2023-24 | 36.4% | 20.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nevada's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Quest Academy Northwest
Quest Academy Northwest's state test result (27.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quest Academy Northwest this school | 465 | 100.0% | 27.2% |
| Mackey Jo Elementary School N Las Vegas | 515 | 100.0% | 41.5% |
| Fitzgerald H P Elementary School N Las Vegas | 400 | 100.0% | 31.9% |
| Lowman Mary & Zel Elementary School Las Vegas | 689 | 100.0% | 17.4% |
| Wilhelm Elizabeth Elementary School N Las Vegas | 440 | 100.0% | 32.2% |
| Tartan John Elementary School N Las Vegas | 498 | 100.0% | 24.1% |
Matched among Nevada elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Quest Academy Northwest ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #261 of 367 | #182 of 250 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #285 of 388 ▲ 28 | #190 of 258 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #181 of 390 ▲ 43 | #130 of 259 ▲ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #243 of 442 | #201 of 276 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 33.2:1 | #367 of 379 | #250 of 261 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #137 of 381 | #127 of 262 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #1 of 386 | #1 of 260 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #230 of 304 | #160 of 201 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
465
-21 (-4%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
33.2:1
was 28.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 465 | 14 | 33.2:1 | 100% (465) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 13 | 34.8:1 | 100% (452) |
| 2022-23 | 452 | 17 | 26.6:1 | 100% (452) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 17 | 28.6:1 | 100% (486) |
| 2017-18 | 535 | 18 | 29.7:1 | 49% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 1,275 | 51 | 25.0:1 | 33% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 527 | 22 | 23.9:1 | 31% (161) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Quest Academy Northwest.
About Quest Academy Northwest
Quest Academy Northwest is a medium-sized elementary school located in Las Vegas, Nevada. It enrolled 465 students in kindergarten through 8 for the 2024-25 school year.
A total of 83 schools make up State Sponsored Charter Schools, with 64,162 students enrolled.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Quest Academy Northwest. The largest is Black students, at 44%. Smaller groups are 35% Hispanic, 9% White, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Clark County is roughly 12% Black. Quest Academy Northwest's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
Quest Academy Northwest's 14 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 33.2:1. On average, elementary schools in Nevada have 18.1:1, compared with 33.2:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 100% of enrollment.
allk12 grades Quest Academy Northwest a C. The grade compares the school only with Nevada public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 32.5% for a school in Nevada with Quest Academy Northwest's free or reduced-price lunch share. Quest Academy Northwest posts 27.2%.
Federal survey data for Clark County show that the median household income is $76,472, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Clark County is home to 462 public schools and about 360,225 public school students.
Founders Academy of Las Vegas is located about 0.4 miles from Quest Academy Northwest. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Quest Academy Northwest ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Quest Academy Northwest is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Quest Academy Northwest is a publicly funded charter school.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 21 fewer students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher rose from 28.6 to 33.2 over 4 years.
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Clark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,329,548
Census ACS
Median income
$76,472
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
462
360,225 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Quest Academy NorthwestHow large is Quest Academy Northwest?
Quest Academy Northwest enrolls approximately 465 students in grades KG-08.
Is Quest Academy Northwest an elementary, middle, or high school?
Quest Academy Northwest is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Quest Academy Northwest have?
Quest Academy Northwest employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 33.2:1.
How diverse is Quest Academy Northwest?
Quest Academy Northwest reports a student body of 9% White, 35% Hispanic, 44% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Quest Academy Northwest public or private?
Quest Academy Northwest is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by State Sponsored Charter Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.