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West Career & Technical Academy High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
11945 W Charleston Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 89135
Phone
(702) 799-4340
District
CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
CLARK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
Yes
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1506
Classroom Teachers
60

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Nevada

10

(10 is best)

Better than 98.4% of all NV schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

West Career & Technical Academy High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
73%
30%
89%
42%
57%
18%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 20 10 0
25
20
No Data
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 402 26.7%
Grade 10 395 26.2%
Grade 11 362 24.0%
Grade 12 334 22.2%
Total 1506 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 42.3% 22.5% 30.6%
Black 6.6% 17.2% 13.3%
Hispanic 23.4% 51.6% 47.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 26.7% 6.5% 6.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.9% 2.1% 2.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 99.8% 100.0% 81.5%
Free lunch eligible 98.6% 98.4% 79.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.2% 1.6% 2.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 2,265,926 3,177,772
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 287.1 29
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.9% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.1% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.8% 34.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.0% 25.2%
65 OR OLDER 15.2% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 832,367 1,163,671
Single Parent Households With Children 10.2% 9.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 86.5% 87.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 26.4% 26.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 16.5% 16.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.7% 17.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.6% 13.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.6% 17.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.9% 15.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.8% 10.6%
$15,000 or less 9.0% 8.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,368 $1,972,756,000 51.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $581 $179,847,000 4.7%
Staff $601 $186,041,000 4.9%
General Administration $113 $35,081,000 0.9%
School Administration $767 $237,482,000 6.2%
Operation $903 $279,886,000 7.3%
Transportation $350 $108,537,000 2.8%
Other $334 $103,413,000 2.7%
Total Support $3,649 $1,130,287,000 29.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,316 $717,327,000 18.8%
Total Expenditures $12,332 $3,820,370,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,056 $2,933,416,000 49.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $623 $301,833,000 5.1%
Staff $519 $251,588,000 4.3%
General Administration $156 $75,354,000 1.3%
School Administration $756 $366,104,000 6.2%
Operation $902 $436,957,000 7.4%
Transportation $323 $156,423,000 2.7%
Other $426 $206,305,000 3.5%
Total Support $3,705 $1,794,564,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,364 $1,144,939,000 19.5%
Total Expenditures $12,126 $5,872,919,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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