Explore Knowledge Academy in Las Vegas

Category	Rating	Details
Test Scores	8/10	The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Criterion Referenced Tests (CRT) data from Nevada Department of Education, and using 2025 Smarter Balanced Assessment data from Nevada Department of Education.
Academic Progress	5/10	The Academic Progress Rating is a growth proxy rating based on a model using unmatched cohorts, or school-level data instead of student-level data. The Academic Progress Rating was created using 2024 and 2025 Smarter Balanced Assessment data from Nevada Department of Education, using 2024 and 2025 Criterion Referenced Tests (CRT) data from Nevada Department of Education, and using 2023 demographic data from the National Center for Education Statistics.

Posted: August 13, 2025

Its August 13 2025 2:30PM and as I came to pick up my kid from school and noticed they have kids outside in n the middle of the field with no hats or shade or any protection from the high heat and sun rays, it is currently 112 degrees Fahrenheit, this unacceptable, meanwhile the teachers or persons in charge have hats on while the kids are just plain exposed to the heat elements, who in their right mind would have kids out in the middle of the grass field exposed like that? Why are they allowing this to happen? Kids could dehydrate, faint, collapse in this type of heat at this time of the day

Posted: March 20, 2023

This school looks special at first, and it was for a bit but after a while issues happen. Now, kids will be kids but at here theyre mental. Secondary and High school students share the same building and theyre ruthless. I was bullied and harassed from older students and fellow peers. People stole from others and have no shame. The teachers are a bit better, some taught fine but many teachers are terrible at teaching, where do they find their teachers from? The nurse is horrible aswell. I once felt terribly sick and right after my classes I went there, and guess what? The nurse sent me to go eat something at lunch. I had a fever and was very sick. The administration is meh. In the end, I developed mental issues and I am begging anyone and everyone not to send their child to this school.

Posted: October 23, 2022

Terrible terrible school. Terrible terrible administrators. Elementary school is ok. Middle school and high school programs are a joke- kids get to sign up for an "elective" class once a month such as bracelet making, playing with legos, life skills-where they teach kids how to boil water on a hot plate to make soup and how to change a tire. They tout themselves as project based learning with an emphasis on STEAM, but they are not. The schools main focus seems to be hiring under qualified staff for cheap and training them to be teachers, firing the qualified college educated teachers that question their poor leadership decisions, and separating parents from their money with constant fundraising and asking for donations that don't fund anything at the school, but the superintendent's new car every year.

Posted: October 1, 2022

I would only EVER recommend on campus. Their homeschooling is the most terribly organized program I've ever seen. Let alone for kindergarteners. EXTREMELY unsupportive and ridiculous. On campus- complete opposite. RUN from the online program. I paid for it and regretted every penny. It's too stressful for a kindergartener. They hate school now. Making kindergarteners sew is dangerous! Returning assignments because ONE page from the entire module is missing and giving a flat zero until it's complete. then not updating grades when it's complete is ABSURD! Way to show kids their effort goes unnoticed. Very unsatisfied. You guys should've stuck solely to on campus- this would've been 5 stars.

Posted: August 11, 2022

Much better than an average private school. Forget the public schools where you are shooting in the dark to find a teacher who cares. Here the teachers get less money but are very caring to give their best to the kids. The kindness abounds here. No bad mannered people or parents. I have two kids here and would be willing to keep the kids here even if we move far away! 4 days schooling gives us more flexibility to enjoy the family life. I have seen some low stars by some people toward this school but I hope they try other places before judging this place based on anger and haste and later rethink what they wrote. Generally people never see the flaws in entire system and blame by rushing to judgements. We are extremely happy to be part of the school for the second year.

Posted: July 13, 2022

This school has been very supportive. They have always listen to my concerns and provided great feedback. Teachers really care about their students.

Posted: August 8, 2021

I graduated from here in 2020. I was at this school from K-12 my entire life. My sister was there 1st grade to graduation and it is a wonderful place to be. No student has ever been there longer than us, maybe equal to but never longer. You would be amazed at the growth of both the school and the people in it when you give it a chance. If you just show up and do what you are told which is not rocket science, you will learn here, you will make good friends, your teachers will be there for you. Even when you misbehave or are troublesome, you still get the help you need as teachers are so kind as to usually offer afterschool help or even in class further in depth descriptions. The people who have something bad to say about their experience were typically the ones at fault, not the school. Everyone is so willing to get you to your own personal goals and more that it is actually astonishing how generous most of these teachers, staff, and even the STUDENTS really are. Being there for so long, of course I have had bad encounters, but the school offers so many different ways to help each individual get through them. The student themselves just needs to use the resources given to them and stay on their own path of greatness. Graduating from this school has helped more than just my basic knowledge of the classes, they helped me learn how to make connections, how to present things correctly, how to speak and write, how to problem solve, this school is one that teaches more than just the basics of math, English, and science. EKA teaches you life and there is no better preparation for the real world than that.

Posted: March 19, 2021

In short: if your child is smart, focused, and absolutely never will have depression that can be taken advantage of, go for this school. Otherwise avoid it.

I had graduated from this school a couple years ago and it was an uphill battle to do so. Without going into too much detail on the logistics of what happened and why, I had been put through special education classes in a fashion that was very questionable legally to say the least. It was a very tough time in my life where I was experiencing depression on top of that. The special ed teachers were very toxic and often discouraging for my education which caused me to slip further behind in grades for a while. There were many points where they even forced themselves into my normal classrooms for other students to notice and they had often berated me and mocked me for my personal and career goals.

In one instance, I had taken a career survey and was outright told verbatim "you know you're not going to get a job in that field, right?" By one of the teachers. In another instance, I was nearly suspended for accidentally slamming a door that was too loose. These teachers will assume you are very dumb just because of the unfortunate circumstances they possibly forced you into. This is an experience that I still feel immense trauma over, and it's very unfortunate to learn that these employees are still at the school according to the website.

My normal classes were very much the safe space when these things weren't being invasive, my English, History, and Advisory (essentially study hall) teachers in particular were some of the kindest people I have ever met and were very supportive. They helped set me up for success in a way that the other teachers weren't even close to being able to. These teachers were the ones you could tell cared about making sure students succeeded and I appreciate that immensely.

In terms of other students and bullying, I had made some good friends with only occasional bullying that would be addressed when called out. Most of the bullying as mentioned had come from the special education staff. Staff has a tendency to harass as well as sugarcoat or hyperbolize information when confronting parents, leading to trust issues with higher level staff.

Only consider this school if your child is the absolute bog standard of "normal", otherwise prepare for tons of uphill battles. My experiences as mentioned still bring about trauma with how terrible they were.