Nevada School Performance Framework (NSPF)
The source of our star ratings and every academic performance metric. The NDE publishes NSPF data annually for all publicly-funded schools — it is Nevada's official school accountability system.
Updated Annually (September)NDE Accountability Reports
Published by the Nevada Department of Education, these reports provide statewide context: graduation rates, chronic absenteeism figures, and college and career readiness data.
Updated AnnuallyNDE School Directory
The Nevada Department of Education's official 2025–26 school directory provides verified addresses, phone numbers, principals, websites, grade spans, and charter / magnet / Title I designations for every publicly-funded school in the state.
Updated AnnuallyNCES Common Core of Data (CCD)
The federal Common Core of Data, published by the National Center for Education Statistics, is the official source for school-level enrollment counts and federal geocodes. We retrieve the most recent CCD release via the Urban Institute's Education Data API.
Updated Annually (Fall)What the Metrics Actually Mean
Plain-language definitions for every number on a school profile.
ELA Proficiency
The percentage of students who met or exceeded state standards in reading, writing, speaking, and listening on the Smarter Balanced Assessment.
Math Proficiency
The percentage of students who passed the state mathematics assessment at grade level. It tells you where students are right now — not how fast they're improving.
Chronic Absenteeism
A student is chronically absent when they miss 10% or more of the school year — roughly 18 days in a 180-day Nevada school year — for any reason, excused or unexcused. Schools with rates above 20% lose substantial NSPF points.
NSPF Star Rating
A 1–5 star rating assigned annually by the Nevada Department of Education based on a composite index score. The index covers proficiency, academic growth, graduation rates, opportunity gaps, and chronic absenteeism.
Title I Status
A federal designation under ESSA indicating a school receives supplemental funding because a high percentage of its students come from low-income families. It describes the school's economic context, not its academic quality.
Academic Growth Percentile (AGP)
How much each student's scores improved compared to Nevada students who scored at the same level the previous year. An AGP of 70 means the student grew faster than 70% of their academic peers statewide.
Total Enrollment
The number of students enrolled at a school as reported to the federal Common Core of Data on the official October 1 snapshot date. Sourced from NCES CCD via the Urban Institute Education Data API.
Grade Span
The lowest and highest grades a school offers, taken directly from the NDE School Directory. This replaces name-based inference, so age-banded campuses (for example, Churchill County's K–1, 2–3, and 4–5 elementaries) display their actual grade range.
Coverage & Update Schedule
NevadaSchools.org covers all 981 publicly-funded schools rated by the NSPF across Nevada's 17 county districts and the State Public Charter School Authority. Data is updated annually when the Nevada Department of Education publishes new NSPF results, typically in the fall. The current dataset reflects the 2024–25 school year.
Note on missing years: The 2019–20 and 2020–21 school years are absent because the state suspended all NSPF ratings during COVID-19. This is a gap in the official state record, not ours.
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