September 15, 2025

CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada Department of Education on Monday released star ratings under the Nevada School Performance Framework (NSPF) for the 2024-25 school year.

The number of five- and four-star schools increased compared with the previous year.

In total, 17 percent of schools earned a 5-star rating – up from 11.2 percent during the 2023-24 school year. Additionally, 13.5 percent of schools received a 4-star rating, compared with 10.7 percent the previous year.

“It’s encouraging news that more of our state’s public schools are earning higher star ratings,” said Dr. Steve Canavero, Interim Superintendent of Public Instruction. “This reflects the hard work and dedication of our educators, administrators, staff, students, and families. I am also grateful for the historic state investment in public education and initiatives such as early literacy that aim to ensure that our students and educators have the resources they need to succeed.”

Improved star ratings for a school are a reflection of individual student learning in the classroom and an important measure used in star ratings are assessments.

For the third consecutive year, all grade levels demonstrated improvement in mathematics proficiency on the Smarter Balanced Assessment. Additionally, in the last school year, all grade levels showed improvement in English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency and all student groups made gains in both mathematics and ELA.

“We always have more work to do but the widespread gains in achievement seen this year are rare and a clear indicator of progress,” said Dr. Canavero.

Due to a network security incident affecting all state agencies, the Nevada Department of Education will only release school star ratings at this time with full assessment results to be released at a later date.

The Nevada Department of Education remains committed to providing timely public reports and updates when the NSPF and Nevada Report Card website functionality is fully restored.

Star Ratings

Under the Nevada School Performance Framework (NSPF) star ratings, the percentage of five- and four-star schools increased compared with the previous year.

The NSPF star rating system determines a school’s performance based on multiple measures, including the English Language Arts and mathematics Smarter Balanced assessments, science assessments, chronic absenteeism, graduation rate, and school designations.

Schools earn points for their performance in each measure. Results are added together for a total index score, ranging from one to 100. The index score corresponds to a star rating from one to five.

Table 1: Nevada Star Ratings - Three-Year Trend

Years	2022-23	2022-23	2023-24	2023-24	2024-25	2024-25
Star Ratings	Number of Schools	Percentage of Schools	Number of Schools	Percentage of Schools	Number of Schools	Percentage of Schools
5-Star	85	9.8%	96	11.2%	146	17.0%
4-Star	79	9.2%	92	10.7%	116	13.5%
3-Star	179	20.7%	157	18.3%	156	18.2%
2-Star	195	22.6%	198	23.1%	217	25.3%
1-Star	223	25.8%	232	27.1%	140	16.3%
Not-Rated*	102	11.8%	82	9.6%	84	9.8%
Grand Total	863	100.0%	857	100.0%	859	100.0%

 *"Not-Rated" is for schools that lacked data in one or more measures required for receiving a star rating or did not have the minimum required number of students (10 or more) in a required measure.

In total, 10 schools made a three-star gain in 2025:

• Elko County School District: Jackpot Jr. High School

• Clark County School District: Frank Kim Elementary School, Daniel Goldfarb Elementary School, and Marshall C. Darnell Elementary School

• State Public Charter School Authority: CIVICA Academy (elementary school), CIVICA Academy (middle school), Legacy Traditional School North Valley (elementary school), Quest Academy Northwest (elementary school), Mater Academy Bonanza (elementary school), and Somerset Academy Losee (elementary school)

In total, 45 schools made a two-star gain in 2025.

The Clark County School District saw its number of five-star schools increase by 20.

The State Public Charter School Authority saw its number of five-star schools increase by 21.

The Washoe County School District saw its number of five-star schools increase by seven.

To view the full list of star ratings, please visit the Nevada School Performance Framework Star Ratings for 2024-2025 page.

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