📍 4660 North Rancho, Las Vegas, Clark County, 89130
Explore Academy is a State/Public serving secondary age pupils, located in Las Vegas, Clark County. The school has 289 pupils enrolled. It is part of the State-Sponsored Charter Schools school district. It serves grades 6–11 in an urban setting. The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 28.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Explore Academy enrolls 289 students across grades 6–11. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 10 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 28.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 37% Hispanic or Latino, 27% White and 23% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 107 | 37% |
| White | 77 | 27% |
| Black or African American | 67 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 10% |
| Asian | 7 | 2.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
158 of the school's 289 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 144 qualify for free lunch and 14 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Explore Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NV-40, state senate district 6, state house district 37.
Explore Academy is one of 79 schools in State Sponsored Charter Schools, based in CARSON CITY, Nevada. The district serves 63,609 students district-wide and employs 1,839 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 289 students, Explore Academy is smaller than the district average of about 805 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large