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Around 20% of eighth graders in Clark County public schools were proficient in math during the 2022-23 school year, according to data from the Nevada Department of Education.

That is roughly the same proficiency rate for high schoolers in Clark County and across the state. Across the county, math proficiency increased slightly in elementary and middle schools from the 2021-22 school year but saw a small drop in high schools.

The countywide high school math proficiency rate of 19.4% was more than 5 percentage points lower than the proficiency rate in the 2018-19 school year, the final school year before the pandemic shifted classes online. Nevada education officials say it's further evidence that the pandemic’s effects are still lingering.