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Douglas County schools had a dropout rate of less than 5% in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Nevada Accountability Portal. This is unchanged from the previous year.

ASPIRE Academy High School saw the highest dropout rate in the county at 17%.

The year before, ASPIRE Academy High School still had the highest dropout rate at 5.8%.

A study of high school dropout rates in Nevada found that students who dropped out were "more likely to face unemployment, rely on government cash assistance, food stamps and housing assistance, and to cycle in and out of the prison system."

In 2022, Black students in Nevada faced a marginally higher likelihood of dropping out of school compared to their peers, with a dropout rate of 5.2%.

School name	Total enrollment	Dropout rate
ALT School	3	12.5%
ASPIRE Academy High School	68	17%
Carson Valley Middle School	655	<5%
Douglas High School	1,596	<5%
Douglas Nevada Online	83	<5%
George Whittell High School	159	<5%
Jacobsen High School	8	<5%
Pau Wa Lu Middle School	499	<5%
Zephyr Cove Elementary School	153	<5%