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Elections Information

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A total of three Nevada school districts among America's largest school districts by enrollment held elections in 2014 for nine seats. Each district held elections on November 4, 2014.

Here are several quick facts about Nevada's school board elections in 2014:

• An average of 2.56 candidates ran for each board seat up for election in 2014 in Nevada’s largest school districts by enrollment, which was higher than the national average of 1.89 candidates per seat.
• 44.44 percent of the school board seats on the ballot in 2014 were unopposed. This was a higher percentage than the 32.57 percent of school board seats that were unopposed nationally.

• 77.78 percent of the incumbents whose seats were on the ballot ran for re-election in 2014, and they retained 55.56 percent of the total seats up for election.
• Three newcomers were elected to school boards in Nevada. They took one-third of the total seats in 2014, which was lower than the 38.19 percent of school board seats that went to newcomers nationally.
• One school board seat in Nevada was not filled by election in 2014, as no one filed to run for it.
• The largest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Clark County School District with 313,866 K-12 students.
• The smallest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Elko County School District with 9,529 K-12 students.
• All three districts had three seats up for election in 2014.

The districts listed below served 387,828 K-12 students during the 2010-2011 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Click on the district names for more information on the district and its school board elections.

2014 Nevada School Board Elections
District	Date	Seats up for election	Total board seats	Student enrollment
Clark County School District	11/4/2014	3	7	313,866
Elko County School District	11/4/2014	3	7	9,529
Washoe County School District	11/4/2014	3	7	64,433

State profile

Demographic data for Nevada
	Nevada	U.S.
Total population:	2,883,758	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	109,781	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	69%	73.6%
Black/African American:	8.4%	12.6%
Asian:	7.7%	5.1%
Native American:	1.1%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more:	4.4%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	27.5%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	85.1%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	23%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$51,847	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	17.8%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Nevada. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in Nevada

Nevada voted for the Democratic candidate in four out of the seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

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Academic performance

See also: Public education in Nevada

Education terms
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NAEP scores

See also: NAEP scores by state

The National Center for Education Statistics provides state-by-state data on student achievement levels in mathematics and reading in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Compared to neighboring states, Nevada had a smaller percentage of students score at or above proficient in math and reading in fourth grade than Arizona and Utah during the 2012-2013 school year. However, an equal or higher percentage of students in Nevada scored at or above proficient in math and reading in fourth grade compared to students in California during that year.

Percent of students scoring at or above proficient, 2012-2013
	Math - Grade 4	Math - Grade 8	Reading - Grade 4	Reading - Grade 8
Nevada	34%	28%	27%	30%
Arizona	40%	31%	28%	28%
California	33%	28%	27%	29%
Utah	44%	36%	37%	39%
U.S. average	41%	34%	34%	34%

Graduation, ACT and SAT scores

See also: Graduation rates by groups in state and ACT and SAT scores in the U.S.

The following table shows the graduation rates, average composite ACT and SAT scores, and rankings for Nevada and surrounding states for 2012 and 2013.

Comparison table for graduation rates and test scores**
State	Graduation rate, 2012		Average ACT composite, 2012		Average SAT composite, 2013
	Percent	Quintile	Score	Participation rate	Score	Participation rate
Nevada	63%	Fifth	21.3	34%	1454	48%
Arizona	76%	Fourth	19.7	35%	1551	35%
California	78%	Fourth	22.1	25%	1505	57%
Utah	80%	Third	20.7	97%	1684	6%
U.S. average	80%		21.1		1498
**Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Rate (except for Idaho, Kentucky, Oklahoma, which did not report “Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate,” but instead used their own method of calculation). Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express

Dropout rate

See also: Public high school dropout rates by state for a full comparison of dropout rates by group in all states

The high school event dropout rate indicates the proportion of students who were enrolled at some time during the school year and were expected to be enrolled in grades 9–12 in the following school year but were not enrolled by October 1 of the following school year. Students who have graduated, transferred to another school, died, moved to another country, or who are out of school due to illness are not considered dropouts. The average public high school event dropout rate for the United States remained constant at 3.3 percent for both school year 2010–11 and school year 2011–12. The event dropout rate for Nevada was higher than the national average at 4.1 percent in the 2010-2011 school year, and 3.9 percent in the 2011-2012 school year.

See also

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