LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Clark County School District is touting a substantial increase in district-wide graduation rates.
The school district released a report on Friday, which said the Class of 2025 graduated at an 86.6% rate compared to the 81.5% rate for the Class of 2024.
“This is a tremendous achievement for CCSD and a credit to the work of our students, educators and families,” Superintendent Jhone Ebert said about the news.
Ebert visited Cheyenne High School, which saw a gain of 7.2% from 2024 to 2025. Across the district, graduation rates went up sharply for special education (+9.7%), English learners (+9.5%) and black (+8.9%) students.
Hispanic/Latino students boosted grad rates by 5.8%. CCSD also pointed to an increase in the number of graduates earning the College and Career Ready Diploma, seeing a rise from about 6,000 to 7,000 students in the last year.
This accounts for about 30% of CCSD graduates. In order to earn this diploma, students need to earn 24 credit units with a 3.25 minimum GPA, take a Civics Assessment and the ACT, and complete additional coursework.
Five high schools achieved a 100% graduation rate: Burk Horizon HS, College of Southern Nevada HS East, College of Southern Nevada HS West, Sandy Valley HS and Veterans Tribute Career and Technical Academy.
FOX5 asked Ebert about the school zone bill that made it through the special session that just wrapped up in Carson City. She said this will help streamline the process of making those zones safer.
“The county and the jurisdictions did not have control of the lights,” Ebert said, referencing the blinking lights letting drivers near Rancho High School, where a boy was hit and killed earlier this school year, know they’re about to enter a school zone. “To have those lights changed, they needed to go to the state to get permission and then come back down. So that was a huge piece that was in that bill.”
Ebert also addressed the failure of the Summerlin Studios bill, which would have created a special tax district to raise money for Pre-K programs across the state. She said she’ll keep looking for that funding elsewhere.
Find the latest graduation rates for schools across the district here.
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