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Clark County · Nevada

Henderson, NV public schools

Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Clark County School District — federal education data, not a star rating.

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Quick answer

Clark County School District is the primary public district for Henderson, NV. It enrolls 314,346 students in 378 schools with 15,452 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $12,103 per pupil, 30% below the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.

Students enrolled
314,346NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
Schools in the district
378Operating school count
Students per teacher
20.3Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
Spending per pupil
$12,103Total current expenditure, FY2020

Who pays for schools in Henderson

Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.

Local revenue
60.1%
$2,290,196,000
State revenue
27.4%
$1,043,155,000
Federal revenue
12.6%
$479,670,000

Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Henderson property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 52 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.

Reading the Henderson numbers

What the 2021-22 NCES and FY2020 Census finance numbers say about this district.

This is a low-spending district: $12,103 per pupil, 30% under the $17,320 median and near the bottom of the metros tracked here. Instruction takes 52 cents of each dollar — $6,250 per student — with the remainder on transport, buildings, food service and administration.

Money is raised locally: 60.1% of revenue comes from local sources — overwhelmingly property tax — against 27.4% from the state. That makes the district's budget move with Henderson property values and levy votes rather than with the NV legislature. Federal aid contributes 12.6%, near the typical share for a large urban district.

314,346 students across 378 schools averages 832 students per building, and the district is larger than the typical district covered here (44,998 students). Staffing is thin relative to peers: 20.3 students per FTE teacher against a 15.2 median, 5.1 students more per teacher.

What this data covers

Read this before comparing districts.

Clark County School District is a county-scale district, so its catchment reaches well past the Henderson city limits and these figures describe that wider area. Independently authorised charter schools, private schools and regional vocational programs are counted separately by NCES and are not in these totals. Enrollment is the 2021-22 NCES collection; dollars are the FY2020 Census F-33 survey, the latest complete national release. The two years differ, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a live budget line.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data + Census F-33, via Urban Institute Education Data · rates as published for 2021-22 / FY2020

NCES LEAID 3200060. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.