Clark County School District Statistics 2026: Enrollment, Schools & Charts
Clark County School District reported 277,083 students on its 2025–26 Fall Count Day. The NCES preliminary 2025–26 directory lists 368 schools under the district.
Federal student membership and staffing remain on the finalized 2024–25 Common Core of Data release, which reports 301,697 students, 16,446.35 classroom teachers FTE, and an 18.34:1 student–teacher ratio. These measures use different reporting periods and should not be treated as one 2026 snapshot.
Core Clark County School District Statistics
The latest available value for each measure is shown with its actual source period.
2025–26 Enrollment Finished Below the Spring Projection
CCSD's spring budget used projected enrollment of 280,683 students. Fall Count Day enrollment came in at 277,083.
Projected vs. Actual 2025–26 Enrollment
CCSD spring projection and Fall 2025 Count Day
Both values refer to the 2025–26 district budgeting cycle, making this a direct projection-to-actual comparison.
Enrollment gap context
- The Fall Count Day total was 3,600 students below the spring estimate used for school budgeting.
- CCSD Count Day enrollment and NCES annual membership use different reporting systems, so the 277,083 total should not be substituted for the 2024–25 federal membership figure.
Clark County School District Statistics by Measure
Enrollment, school count, staffing, graduation, attendance, and current enrollment outlook measures are separated by reporting period and basis.
| Metric | Value | Unit | Period | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Count Day enrollment | 277,083 | Students | 2025–26 | Actual Count Day | CCSD |
| Spring enrollment projection | 280,683 | Students | 2025–26 | Spring projection | CCSD |
| Projection-to-actual enrollment gap | −3,600 | Students | 2025–26 | Projection minus actual | CCSD |
| NCES student membership | 301,697 | Students | 2024–25 | Final CCD membership | NCES |
| NCES-listed schools | 368 | Schools | 2025–26 | Preliminary directory | NCES |
| NCES-listed schools | 379 | Schools | 2024–25 | Prior directory | NCES |
| Classroom teachers | 16,446.35 | FTE | 2024–25 | Final CCD staffing | NCES |
| Student–teacher ratio | 18.34:1 | Students per teacher FTE | 2024–25 | District ratio | NCES |
| Total staff | 36,722.85 | FTE | 2024–25 | Final CCD staffing | NCES |
| Four-year graduation rate | 86.6% | Cohort rate | Class of 2025 | Four-year adjusted cohort | CCSD |
| Four-year graduation rate | 81.5% | Cohort rate | Class of 2024 | Four-year adjusted cohort | CCSD |
| Graduates | 23,443 | Students | Class of 2025 | Reported graduates | CCSD |
| College and Career Ready diplomas | 7,011 | Diplomas | Class of 2025 | Reported graduates | CCSD |
| Chronic absenteeism | 26.9% | Student rate | 2025–26 | District year result | CCSD |
| Chronic absenteeism | 28.2% | Student rate | 2024–25 | District year result | CCSD |
| Projected enrollment decline | More than 5,000 fewer | Students | 2026–27 | Spring budget projection | CCSD |
| 12th-grade cohort cited in budget outlook | 24,505 | Students | Spring 2026 outlook | Enrollment cohort | CCSD |
| Kindergarten cohort cited in budget outlook | 17,618 | Students | Spring 2026 outlook | Enrollment cohort | CCSD |
Reporting-period differences
- The 368-school figure is preliminary 2025–26 NCES directory data, while federal membership, staffing, and ratio measures remain on the finalized 2024–25 CCD release.
- The movement from 379 to 368 NCES-listed schools should not be described as 11 school closures without reconciling individual school status and sponsorship changes.
- Graduation rate, chronic absenteeism, Count Day enrollment, and NCES membership are separate measures with separate reporting bases.
School Count and Enrollment Structure
Federal directory changes and a charter sponsorship transfer affect how recent district totals should be compared.
NCES School Count: 2024–25 vs. 2025–26
Federal CCD district directory counts
The preliminary 2025–26 directory lists 368 schools, compared with 379 in the 2024–25 NCES directory, a difference of 11 schools or about 2.9%.
School count comparability
- Directory counts can change because of school status, reporting structure, or charter sponsorship; the two totals do not by themselves identify the reason for every school-level change.
Six charter schools formerly sponsored by CCSD transferred to the Nevada State Public Charter School Authority effective July 1, 2025. The transferred schools represented about 5,400 students.
That organizational change matters when comparing the older 301,697-student federal membership count with the later 277,083-student CCSD Count Day figure. The full difference should not be interpreted as students simply leaving Clark County schools.
Graduation and Attendance Moved in the Same Direction
The latest outcome and attendance releases add context beyond district enrollment and school counts.
Four-Year Graduation Rate
Classes of 2024 and 2025
The district graduation rate rose by 5.1 percentage points between the Class of 2024 and Class of 2025.
Class of 2025 results
- CCSD reported 23,443 graduates in the Class of 2025.
- 7,011 graduates earned a College and Career Ready Diploma, close to three in ten graduates.
Chronic Absenteeism
2024–25 and 2025–26 district rates
Chronic absenteeism declined by 1.3 percentage points in 2025–26.
Attendance trend
- CCSD described 2025–26 as the fourth consecutive year in which its chronic absenteeism rate improved.
How the 2026 District Figures Fit Together
Several official numbers answer different questions, which explains why current Clark County totals can appear inconsistent when the source year is omitted.
277,083 and 301,697 Measure Different Reporting Periods
The smaller figure is CCSD's actual 2025–26 Fall Count Day enrollment. The larger figure is finalized 2024–25 NCES membership. Neither should be relabeled as the other source's 2026 enrollment total.
School Counts Depend on the Reporting Unit
NCES reports schools according to the federal CCD directory. District campus, program, facility, and charter lists can follow different definitions, so a federal school count should be labeled as an NCES-listed total.
Enrollment Pressure Extends Into the 2026–27 Budget Outlook
CCSD's spring 2026 budget material projected an enrollment decline of more than 5,000 students for 2026–27. The same material cited a 12th-grade cohort of 24,505 students and a kindergarten cohort of 17,618, a difference of 6,887 students. These are planning figures rather than a final Fall 2026 Count Day total.
Data Sources and Measurement
Reporting basis: CCSD Fall Count Day is a district enrollment count used in the school-budget revision process. NCES membership and staffing come from the federal Common Core of Data. The 2025–26 NCES school-directory count is preliminary, while the displayed student membership and staffing measures are finalized 2024–25 data.
Measure definitions: Student–teacher ratio is a district-level relationship between reported membership and classroom-teacher FTE; it is not an average class-size measure. Graduation rate is a four-year cohort measure. Chronic absenteeism is an annual attendance indicator and is not calculated from the graduation cohort.
Comparability: The six charter-school sponsorship transfers effective July 1, 2025 create a structural break between older CCSD membership totals and later district Count Day figures. Changes in the NCES school count also should not be interpreted as closures without school-level status reconciliation.
Rounding: Published counts and rates are shown as reported. Derived percentage changes are rounded to two decimal places for the enrollment projection gap and one decimal place for the school-count comparison.
The 277,083 enrollment figure is an actual 2025–26 Fall Count Day total. The projected decline of more than 5,000 students belongs to CCSD's spring 2026 planning assumptions for 2026–27 and is not a final Fall 2026 enrollment count. The 368-school NCES figure is preliminary 2025–26 directory data.