Best Las Vegas suburbs for schools

Ranked almost entirely on the Schools category — within-state proficiency, student–teacher ratio, graduation rate and schools nearby — with the two poll questions about children and teenagers at 20% once a place has enough responses.

Updated Sep 2026·12 suburbs considered, 10 listed

Whitney$329k median · 28.4 min commute

Schools C−Cost of living BResidents inactive

Schools score
overall 52 D+

Las Vegas$428k median · 25.7 min commute

Schools C−Cost of living BResidents inactive

Schools score
overall 54 C−

Spring Valley, Nevada as seen from the Spanish Hills community in 2016. Taken from atop Spanish Heights Driver.

Spring Valley$434k median · 22.5 min commute

Schools C−Cost of living BResidents inactive

Schools score
overall 57 C−

Sunrise Manor$320k median · 28.3 min commute

Schools C−Cost of living B+Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 50 D+

Henderson$485k median · 24.3 min commute

Schools C−Cost of living BResidents inactive

Schools score
overall 60 C

A en:Las Vegas Monorail train pulling into the Sahara Station. This image is released to the public domain.

Winchester$303k median · 26.0 min commute

Schools C−Cost of living AResidents inactive

Schools score
overall 54 C−

Summerlin South$672k median · 23.4 min commute

Schools C−Cost of living C−Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 64 C+

Paradise$384k median · 23.2 min commute

Schools C−Cost of living A−Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 56 C−

Mesquite$389k median · 18.9 min commute

Schools C−Cost of living A−Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 55 C−

Enterprise$476k median · 23.8 min commute

Schools D+Cost of living B−Residents inactive

Schools score
overall 58 C

This list's weighting

Schools 80%Resident poll (Q5, Q6) 20%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Whitney (Greenstrat · Public domain); Las Vegas (Mike McBey · CC BY 2.0); Spring Valley (Rmvisuals · CC BY-SA 4.0); Sunrise Manor (Stan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0); Henderson (Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain); Winchester (Rmisiak · Public domain); Paradise (When reusing, please credit me as author: Adam Kliczek, http://memoriesstay.com · CC BY-SA 3.0); Mesquite (Stan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0); Enterprise (formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0).