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Northwest Career And Technical Academy High School
8200 West Tropical Parkway
Las Vegas NV, 89149, Clark County
Phone: 702-799-4640
Ranking: 
(7 out of 73, top 10%)*
(7 out of 73, top 10%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Clark County School District
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | |||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 87 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 80 | 65 | ||||||
| Total Students: | 1,869 | 1,923 | 1,953 | 1,881 | 1,678 | 1,314 | ||||||
| Grade 9: | 502 | 26.9% | 525 | 27.3% | 532 | 27.2% | 522 | 27.8% | 572 | 34.1% | 520 | 39.6% |
| Grade 10: | 499 | 26.7% | 461 | 24.0% | 504 | 25.8% | 526 | 28.0% | 493 | 29.4% | 486 | 37.0% |
| Grade 11: | 420 | 22.5% | 457 | 23.8% | 485 | 24.8% | 447 | 23.8% | 381 | 22.7% | 294 | 22.4% |
| Grade 12: | 428 | 22.9% | 459 | 23.9% | 408 | 20.9% | 362 | 19.2% | 221 | 13.2% | NA | NA |
| Ungraded: | 20 | 1.1% | 21 | 1.1% | 24 | 1.2% | 24 | 1.3% | 11 | 0.7% | 14 | 1.1% |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||
| Male: | 786 | 42.1% | 819 | 42.6% | 842 | 43.1% | 801 | 42.6% | 690 | 41.1% | 549 | 41.8% |
| Female: | 1,083 | 57.9% | 1,104 | 57.4% | 1,111 | 56.9% | 1,080 | 57.4% | 980 | 58.4% | 757 | 57.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 6 | 0.3% | 9 | 0.5% | 12 | 0.6% | 9 | 0.5% | 11 | 0.7% | 12 | 0.9% |
| Asian: | 260 | 13.9% | 249 | 12.9% | 210 | 10.8% | 177 | 9.4% | 213 | 12.7% | 155 | 11.8% |
| Hispanic: | 489 | 26.2% | 486 | 25.3% | 491 | 25.1% | 496 | 26.4% | 404 | 24.1% | 306 | 23.3% |
| Black: | 152 | 8.1% | 163 | 8.5% | 175 | 9.0% | 178 | 9.5% | 218 | 13.0% | 192 | 14.6% |
| White: | 808 | 43.2% | 839 | 43.6% | 893 | 45.7% | 865 | 46.0% | 832 | 49.6% | 649 | 49.4% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 23 | 1.2% | 26 | 1.4% | 30 | 1.5% | 32 | 1.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 131 | 7.0% | 151 | 7.9% | 142 | 7.3% | 124 | 6.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 342 | 18.3% | 365 | 19.0% | 420 | 21.5% | 390 | 20.7% | 261 | 15.6% | 178 | 13.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 175 | 9.4% | 174 | 9.0% | 184 | 9.4% | 157 | 8.3% | 100 | 6.0% | 94 | 7.2% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 21.48 | 22.10 | 22.45 | 21.87 | 20.98 | 20.20 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| HSPE | ||||||
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 96% | N/A | N/A |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 96% | N/A | N/A |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 100% | N/A | N/A |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 98% | N/A | N/A |
| 2011 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 95% | N/A | N/A |
| 2012 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 96% | N/A | N/A |
| 2011 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 98% | N/A | N/A |
| 2012 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 96% | N/A | N/A |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Northwest Career And Technical Academy High School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.