It used to be easy to blame Clark County for Nevada's place near or at the bottom of national education rankings.

Now, the giant district — fifth-largest in the U.S. — has a higher graduation rate than the state and Washoe County.

Clark County jumped 5 percentage points over 2024 and posted its highest graduation rate to date, according to data for 2025 released in November. It outperformed the state as whole -- 86.6% to 85.4%. It also outperformed nine Nevada districts, including in Washoe County.

Washoe County School District’s 83% graduation rate fell below the state average for the first time, and is more than 3 percentage points behind Clark County.

While the WCSD graduation rate has improved for the past two years, it is still behind its 2022 rate of 84% and record high of 86% in

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