I've been trying to enroll my daughter in high school for many months. I am technologically challenged and I've had to make multiple calls to locations across the valley. I spoke with both Lydia and Ashlyn and they were so helpful and supportive. My daughter saw Nevada State on social media via their Tik Tok and was dying to enroll because of their student engagement events. I ended up moving my family to a different state this past September due to work, so they do not attend the school, but I had such a wonderful experience talking to these two receptionists. I am a single mom so making my children happy is my top priority. My daughter was so bummed when we moved because she could not attend this school. Thanks, Nevada State! read more

Solid company, takes care of their students and staff. The idea is genius, taking high school credits while getting college credits. Great for students that don't function well in the CCSD environment. This business model is a serious threat to the monopoly that CCSD has on our education system. I support and recommend this company, they have great education, flexible hours for students, and it takes HARD work to graduate. Students get upset when they think it's just an easy school, it's not, you are going to work hard and it will be worth it. read more

Honestly, this was the best option for high schools for me. I do not regret going here but I do think Nevada State could use some improvements. For context, I am autistic and have always been at the top of my class, I get straight As and have worked very hard to be where I am, but with my autism, it is particularly hard for me socially to adjust. First off, this school is extremely bad at giving information and staying true to their word. Different staff members will tell you different rules and staff are not clear about due dates and college class information. Additionally, they have lied on multiple occasions to get more student engagement and participation. They will tell students that an event is mandatory and you will learn later that it wasn't, and it is a total waste of time. One that really made me mad was that they told us that we were required to attend a car wash fund raiser and sell all 5 of our $10 tickets to receive full points. However, a few days after the fact, they revealed that that was not the case and we would have still gotten full points if we didn't sell all 5 tickets and didn't go to the car wash. This is just one out many examples where they do this. Second, I was rarely praised and rarely felt like I was representing my school because it felt like nobody cared about my achievements. No matter how hard you work, there will be very little praise in return. You need a lot of self motivation. Third, Individual students do not receive the support they need because students are rarely on campus. The check in calls feel impersonal and just a way to be on you about your grades. They just feel like a nuisance. Fourth, I have quite literally one friend at this school who I made on the very first day. You lose so much socialization here. The school tries to force you to meet people but it just pushes students further away from each other. Letting it organically happen would help a lot, mostly for a person with a lot of social anxiety. Fifth, the intro to college and transitions class was the absolute worst thing that we had to do. I cried every time because I hated being pressured to raise my hand and speak to people I didn't know (which they forced us to do). I hated it and I felt like it did not help me one bit. Even after the intro to college class, I felt unprepared for attending CSN and it was honestly a waste of time. Sixth, there is a huge turnover rate at this school. It seemed like every time I went to drop something off, I would be introduced to another new staff member in training. This makes it hard to have a favorite teacher or get close to any staff member. This makes it hard to have an adult there to rely on because so many staff members come and go throughout the time you are attending. Seventh, the social points were required and were awful to do. They are not fun and nobody really socializes at them unless you're with someone you already know. The majority are not fun and seem to be used just to make the school look good on instagram. That is all I have. I would have never chosen another school but this one definitely needs some work, just like any other high school. read more

This school is shady and should be closed !! BEWARE!! They make promises & dont keep them. They fail to tell you the credits you get are only worth 1/2 of what you get at a real high school. Not everyone gets their associates degree as they tell you, be prepared to spend lots of money to get it ! The staff come & go so fast because they are shady & no one wants to be apart of their scam !! read more

We received a flier in the mail to visit NSHS for an orientation right before the 21-22 school year and my son was excited to check them out and complete college courses while finishing his last few credits in high school. We went to the orientation and everything seemed fine. The Director of Site Administration Barbara even posted her cell number for everyone in case we had further questions. I texted Barbara on 7/15/21 with some questions and trying to set up a time to speak with her on the phone. We set up an appointment for 7/16. She not only didn't call, but I had to text her to find out what happened. She said she lost her phone so we made another appointment to speak on 7/19. She again never called. It's now 7/28 and I still haven't heard from her. My son is bummed after getting his hopes up, but honestly after reading all the reviews here on Yelp, I am glad this didn't work out. read more

Horrible experience for my child. They do not encourage getting an associate's degree. In fact, they discouraged and penalized my child financially and emotionally for obtaining his degree. Do not believe that it is a free education. Cost me a lot of money and staff is not supportive. Very unorganized and do not believe what they tell you. You are better off going to a different school. read more

Nevada State High School provides a wonderful opportunity to students in the state of Nevada. Students are able to get ahead in both high school and college by receiving a real college experience and earning DE credit that counts towards both HS grad requirements, as well as requirements needed for an Associate Degree. It also gives students the flexibility to build their own school schedule around work/family responsibilities. I wish a program like this existed where I went to high school so I could have taken advantage of the opportunity to attend college for free. Staff salary exceeds that of working within CCSD, especially with the opportunity for growth/more pay with the completion of performance incentives. Performance incentives also allow you to move down and over on the pay scale. I have been able to grow tremendously while working at this organization through professional development opportunities, performance incentives, and staff collaboration. The best part is seeing students graduate and become successful in their future endeavors and knowing we played a part in preparing them! I definitely recommend this program to 11th and 12th grade high school students! read more

The fact that their employees are leaving 5 star reviews is proof of damage control for their reputation. That's really all that needs to be said, but I'll add some personal experience as well. This school is horribly run. My son attended Summerlin campus for only one semester before we pulled him out. They'll email and text often, which at first seems helpful. However, those texts and emails will be for items you turned in as requested only to continue to be asked for the same items repeatedly. They seem to assume all of their students drive or have parents who are available to drive them during work hours for appointments where they end up leaving with nothing accomplished. They also assume you can drive them during work hours for their required social points. Onboarding is rushed and they fail to go over important details. I wish I had read reviews before enrolling. Save yourself the headache. CSN can offer dual enrollment without NSHS. read more

Wow! What can I say about the onboarding program for this school?? A lot! It is horrible and the people that run this school are the most disrespectful people I have ever met. I am a 30 year veteran and retiree counselor/teacher for CCSD. I came here thinking I would enjoy working as an advisor for the program and on my first day was treated like crap. I was given a three hour training with about 5-6 different programs of the 15 they use and then sent to the site with "homework" where it seemed like it was a bother that I was there. The building is dumpy and not inviting to parents or students. I had no office and was told to sit at the office managers desk. Huh? Then the CEO Ms. Hawk (Dr.) told me to help students bringing in canned food. I had a checklist of about 25 things to do and while Ms. Hawk seemed bothered to help me, the other two ladies there were not interested in being welcoming or helpful either. They shut their doors at various times while I was sitting outside at the office managers desk. When a student walked in I had to go ask them to help the student. Then the CEO Hawk left and I had to try and finish my "homework" and was at a loss. Then I get this email (see below) because I didn't understand how to upload a document the way she wanted it. Again I know technology but hey every place is different. This was my 4th hour on the job for God's sake! Then I was berated the next morning (today) in front of others by the husband CEO who complained that I didn't complete all of the 25 item homework checklist and that I wasn't prioritizing that. Oh okay, I was told by your wife to answer the questions like that as well as to help students rather than scavenger hunt. The last thing the CEO said was hey, do you play Monopoly? If you don't pass Go you don't get $200 so get your homework done from day one and day two. I said Adios Mother #^##%%! Hats off to the HR guy. He was the only one who was nice. If you work here your job is to prove you can do your job by 9 different ways to save and upload documents not help students be successful, I mean look at the email from the CEO boss lady! read more

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This school is so inconsiderate and I'm so disappointed. I graduated in 2020 when COVID was happening and unfortunately I had owed some money for failing a biology class that became online because of COVID. Until I paid the money they wouldn't give me my diploma. It took me over a year to get the money together considering everywhere was closed and I didn't have help from parents. When I finally had the money they told me THE THREW OUT MY DIPLOMA!!! And they will not re print me one. I worked hard the two years I was there and did good up until COVID. It's so disappointing to see a school that "cares about students" show so little empathy. I wish I had one good thing to say about them but I dont. Maybe if the staff was better this school could be something really useful. read more

What a great opportunity for high school kids to earn college credit! Wonderful staff who are always helpful as well.

Nevada State High School is a college-based charter school that prepares high school students for the transition to college. The opportunity to get ahead in college is not something to pass up. NSHS does a great job of assisting students to become college ready and make the transition to adulthood much easier. NSHS pays college fees (excluding textbooks, which can be waivered in some circumstances) which allows low-income students a chance at getting ahead too. I am currently a junior at Nevada State and this is my first semester here. The initial enrollment process can be a bit confusing and the transition from traditional high school into this program can be challenging. NSHS does not do a great job organization-wise but it's getting better as time goes on. Once you get in routine it becomes much easier to complete work and understand the overall flow of things. I spend way less time completing coursework because I have the ability to work on my own time! read more

Not only is this school unorganized, the staff treats many students with a lack of respect & communicates poorly. To begin, they lost completed assignments on multiple occasions then insisted they were never completed. After making me redo an assignment, the original was later left on my desk "graded." At one point, staff initiated a parent meeting for me to make up absences, in which I had already had to complete two Student Situation Reports for. Before the meeting took place I submitted a help ticket for the school to send my immunization records to me. They refused to give them to me till I attended the parent meeting days later. Finally, the way they treat students. They initiated multiple parent meetings with me, where I would have to be in Ms. Lindsay's office with her & Ms. Esposito & have both of them raise their voices at me before they would call my parent & during. This yelling consisted of them repeatedly telling me the consequences of missing study skills & two social points. After 30 minutes of being yelled at each meeting I would begin crying & they would continue to get angry at my "lack of remorse" for missing study skills. The list could go on & on, but to sum up this school's staff does not know how to treat students & cannot organize or communicate properly. read more

I had a horrible experience going to this school. They constantly threaten you with not graduating, the staff (especially the Hawks) are extremely rude (saying something considering the Hawks run this circus), they will push you to get an AA reguardless of your desired major (I speculate they dont even know other major requirements), and on top of it all it didnt get me ANY farther in college than if I had never gone. I would recommend only going here if you desire a general degree, otherwise seek another program. read more

The school is ok and it helps you get into college but some things on the website are false. I didn't know I would have to pay for college textbooks, social trips, and extra classes in order to get my degree. I am spending almost $400 dollars because of the false advertisement. Now I'm forced to get a job so I can buy supplies which cost more than what they're giving in the stipend. I wish I had known about the extra costs earlier. I haven't gotten threatened like the reviews say but they should stop saying "100% tuition free" that's a lie. If you have no money to pay for extra classes then you get no degree when you graduate and you get no books. Some of the classes you even have to pay to access like math is almost $100!! A SEMESTER Ridiculous. There is no way around. Altogether I have to spend $100-150 a semester not including extra classes. Beware read more

Love this school. My daughter is a junior here and is taking college courses. She's working towards getting her diploma and her Associates Degree at the same time. Ms.Saligan & Ms. Vega are awesome!!! read more

There is no better place for high school students in Nevada to learn about college readiness. Nevada State High School transitions 11th and 12th grade high school students to college personally, academically, and socially through a real college experience. The social activities and volunteer experiences at this school are amazing!!! read more

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The one and only reason I'm giving this hell hole of a school a 1 star is because I'm not allowed to give it a zero! I went here for my junior of high school and I immediately regretted my decision in going. At first everything was fine but then I started noticing somethings that I don't think were okay. First no offense to any student workers but the student workers at this school were terrible at organizing all the paper work along with the staff there, I had a friend there who had to turn in the same paper several different times and yet they would constantly email her telling her that it wasn't turned in. Some of the teachers there weren't friendly as it seemed like they were always in a bad mood and made it seemed like they didn't want to be there. I went up to one teacher to show her my résumé as that was the assignment that day and instead of looking at the résumé she was asking me where I had gotten my laptop and when she did look at my résumé she took one look and said it was wrong and to do it again! Don't even get me started on the CEO ms. Hawks! Whenever I would see her she would be in a bad mood and I would constantly hear horror stories about her and how she treats the staff and even some of the students! Last time I interacted with her she had blamed me for an error that clearly the school had made. I had an IEP which meant I had to get help on subjects I struggled with from the school but during the time I was there I had no help and I was left to figure it out myself and the reason I didn't speak up about it was because I had honestly forgotten about it and figured that they way they were doing it was how things were run. Ms. Hawks got mad at me because of that and even said that "Because of this I could ruin her school!" And due to this I was being threatened with being kicked out of the school. The "social points" were a waste of time as I still had to end up paying and some of them weren't even that good, they were basically forcing you to socialize. And they fully expect you to show up or else your threatened with not having enough point and being told you're not gonna graduate on time. They stress you out to no end and expect you to deal with it. I honestly believe that they could give a rats-ass about your mental health/wellbeing with the amount of work and stress they put on you. There was only one good teacher that school had as he actually cared about the students but after only a semester I come to find out that he was fired, I don't know for what reason but that just shows how they treat actual good teachers. Overall I left that hell hole and went to a different school and graduated on time with the rest of my class! If you're thinking about sending your kids here or enrolling yourself I strongly recommend you don't, there are better programs out there then this garbage dump. I really wish I had read the reviews before wasting a year of my life at that school. Save your time, energy, and money and go somewhere else. read more

My son graduated from this program in 2011 with over 50 college credits. Now my husbands daughter is in the program. In the beginning it's a bit challenging getting the student into a different mindset. This is not regular high school. The student is responsible for doing their work, asking questions, becoming involved in the community and preparing for life. Personally from what I've experienced this is an awesome opportunity for kids to get a jump start on college. If you have a child with strong will and independence then definitely check it out. The student must be proactive in order to succeed. That is life. If you do the bare minimum you will not get as much out of the education that is being offered at this school. Just think while all the other high school students will be graduating with their bachelors a NSHS student will be getting their masters. read more

Schools a Good idea, and I am sure it's a good school for a lot of students although the management at this school should have learned that lying is never a good thing,,,, and just to note I have been a Professor for over 18 years and my wife over 25 years, we've seen it all, mostly the management in these schools want one thing, "ratings from the best student grades only" if your student is having troubles, they will leave them behind and do what they can to move them to another school because they dontw ant to work hard! and want NOTHING to do with them and make life miserable so the students want to leave, they will try as hard as possible to transfer them to Green Valley or somewhere else just so their "ratings" of the school look good, that's the issue with schools like this, and they will LIE straight to your face of stories why they should NOT attend their school's like if my child was to get a GED no college would take them, no jobs would hire them, that's a LIE! I have a GED and Ive attended very exclusive Colleges, I am working on my Master's at Pepperdine University, and my wife has a Doctorate from Miami State University with a GED, so having a GED and telling us my daughter is basically a loser and if I would sign off her transfer they would make sure she gets a diploma at Green Valley, they should be fired for lying, they are educators, you're supposed to trust them, NOT be pushed out so only students that get A's and B's can make them look better. I wrote the Director of Education and they are investigating this now because NO school should give up on a child no matter how much help they need, schools need to TRY HARDER AND BE BETTER AT EDUCATING! and yes about comments from "H.W students must pay back school NOT the state where the funds came from", and how dare them then holding back students high school diploma's so they CANNOT attend colleges (that's a college thing to manipulate and disgrace students) until monies are paid back, is that BEST for students? NO respect for students OR parents, school materials turned in were never graded, but later turn up, graded AFTER DUE DATE?? so no points! whose fault? faculty, but they will NEVER take or admit their own faults, SHAME ON THEM AND THEIR LIES, can't say they didn't say, I had my cell phone on speaker with 3 other EDUCATORs in management at Department of Education listening! I wasn't recording, but 3 other witnesses! they should be fired, its all about ratings and money shame on all of you read more

At first, I was skeptical about NSHS. There were so many specific processes and programs that we had to familiarize ourselves with: MOODLE, Help Ticket, etc. However, the staff helps students understand these SOPs quickly through mandatory Transitions and Intro to College courses. They are dedicated to helping students make the best out of this novel experience for high school juniors and seniors. Each campus has an Educational Advising Coordinator (EAC) that will reach out regularly to survey and ask students about how we are faring academically, and they will guide us back on track if needed. As I've begun completing the preliminary tasks to enter college as a freshman, I'm noticing that skills I've learned at NSHS have become applicable i.e. requesting and sending transcripts, navigating the university's online student portals, knowing how to contact an academic advisor to organize a cohesive class schedule, and much more. One thing I am most grateful towards NSHS is the opportunity they gave me to manifest one of my greatest goals: to publish my own written work. I was able to devise a plan for creating a school newsletter/newspaper organization. After discussing and revising the plan the staff, I was able to recruit student staff members and begin generating monthly issues. The Nevada State Herald was born (check us out on NSHS' website)! This was extremely helpful for meeting fellow classmates, especially since NSHS doesn't have many student organizations (other than student government and prom committee). Additionally, I'd like to take this space to shoutout our club advisor, Ms. James, who has made my NSHS experience a thousands time better than what it would have been without her. NSHS is great for the reasons I have laid out above. However, there are some exigent issues that swayed me away from giving it 5 stars. Though NSHS plans countless social point events that are meant to help students meet each other, I found that it was still difficult to form genuine friendships through school itself. I often found myself alone when I was at the college between classes. Though it is definitely possible to make friends, being a high school student among college ones makes it that much more difficult. At one of these events, my friend had to leave early for a mandatory dance class about 30 minutes before the event ended. She was practically threatened to stay: she even reasoned that it was okay if she didn't receive social points for the event, but she was still turned away. Though it doesn't occur often to me specifically, some of the staff can act as if they are belittling their students. Also, as a junior in 2019-20, we were required to attend courses that were unreasonably far from where my NSHS campus, as well as many of the others, were. Most events (including monthly transitions classes and academic standardized testings) were held in casinos, which was not the most ideal. During these events (which were one of the few times I actually saw my classmates), I noticed that there wasn't a great diversity in the student body or the staff itself. Overall though, I am grateful for my decision to transfer from my traditional high school to NSHS. The free ACT Bootcamp they provided (from an external company) definitely helped me score that 34. They also played a big role in my acceptance to 4 UCs, as well as BU - I will officially be a Golden Bear at UC Berkeley in the fall! Thanks to Nevada State High School's dual-credit model, I will be graduating with a Regents Diploma and an Associates of Arts as a valedictorian! read more

Work with high school students preparing for college courses, collect documents, document in excel, emailing, answering phone calls, calling students and parents. read more

The schools idea is pretty good and the college part is great but the school itself is a little unorganized but getting better. Overall, I say it's a good school and worth it. read more

Sooo glad I found this school. Two years of college for free? Hell yeah. Really helped me grow to become an adult as well. Each student is responsible for themselves and must learn how to handle their own schedules, meetings, phone calls, etc. It's something that most high schools don't teach you; how the real world is going to look like after high school. Looking back I see how dependent I was on my parents before attending NSHS...Now I don't ask them to help me with anything; no meetings, no appointments, nothing. I am extremely independent now and am graduating early too! :) read more

Nevada State is a wonderful option for students seeking to gain a college education in high school. I really liked that the school pays for all of the college classes I took, and they offer social events so that you can meet other kids in the program. However, not every school is perfect. They've been running things fairly smoothly throughout COVID-19, but communication isn't always the greatest among staff and students. The social events are fun and kept me connected with other students even during the shut down, which I found really nice. read more

This is a great school if you wanna get a head start in your college education! Nevada state high school is an experience that I would highly recommend to any high schooler. read more

Nevada state high school provides students with so many opportunities to be successful not only in academics but socially and personally. I would definitely recommend NSHS to students looking for more academic freedom and the ability to earn an associates degree by high school graduation. read more

This school stressed me out everyday. Going to this school for the full two years was one of the worst decisions for my mental health and academic well being. They have so many weird task the teachers need you to get done but they are so vague with their directions that it is inevitable that you have to redo it. The staff is so unorganized that they will lose your documents and you will have to resubmit. The staff seems like a constant revolving door, the entire staff at my campus was replaced in the two years I was there so it seemed like no one knew how to do their jobs. read more

Honestly I didn't really enjoy it, for one they always threaten you if you don't do this or do that you won't graduate, how are you going to be in in algebra 2 , to pre-calculus and go to this school your placed in elementary math?? Makes you start from the bottom! Not to mention you have to have certain " social hours" meaning you have to pay to attend the class, last time it was bowling coming from my pocket because you're not already paying for your textbooks. Even my friend that went here a few years back told me she had problems with the administrator. Told me I wasn't going to graduate on time, I ended going to another highschool and was able to graduate a year EARLY! read more

For the most part, NSHS has been a great experience so far as I'm about to finish my junior year. NSHS and their staff has supported me in many different ways. I enrolled into this school not knowing what I would major in college, I didn't even know a single bit about college in general. I don't think any other High School in the Vegas valley can get a student college and career ready as much as NSHS. Swapping the traditional tedious high school routine with a first hand experience in a real college setting is a great experience and a different take in high school education. NSHS can be a bit unorganized at times, but gets better over time. read more

So glad our son is graduating with an associate degree & the valedictorian. Thanks to Michele Williams & the many excellent teachers our son had. read more

Where do we start? We are forever grateful to the Hawks for creating such a dynamic opportunity for the young minds that are treading toward creating a better future USA. This statement says it all: What other place gives your child an opportunity to get free college courses taken while going to Highschool.? I believe NVSH can be a tough place if kids think they are quoting a "rigid HS" schedule to "skate by" without having to worry about the school communicating with the parents to keep up on the child because they are still pretty immature at this age. It took my son to become a senior & a biotechnology tour at a few universities to really understand what direction he wanted to take in life & since then he is soaring in the program. He's always been able to get great grades but now we see a difference in attitude, seriousness about his studies & excitement for college, he has been accepted to UNR's accelerated MS/BS Biotech program at the college sophomore level (junior if he does 2 summer courses at csn, 2 courses shy of junior), I really accredit that to this school. The one negative as another student had mentioned prior, is that they only post stuff on the noodle account for notifications & our guy in Summerlin that handles that posts things the night before at like 6:30pm which makes it tough on these kids because they are taking their college serious & most of them work on top of it, my son does & volunteers so the last minute notifications are really tough sometimes. I though at first my son was exaggerating so I made sure to log in & check & the few times I've looked, it was literally the night before things are due. So I just told my son, now that you know that, don't whine. Put reminders in your phone with alarms so you don't have to depend on school reminders, those are really a courtesy. There has been some hurdles for us because my son plays varsity sports for regular highschool, so expect hurdles and difficulties from BOTH schools with that because no one likes added work & that's what it does , creates added work for both school offices when the child still wants to play sports for Palo but once we sat down with Mr.Hawk (which we very much appreciated his time & candor), he was extremely helpful & understood our son still wanting to connect on the sports level outside of school so he worked with us on that. I realized in that meeting just how much it meant to the Hawks to run NVSH, you could tell they really want to make a positive difference in the educational system here & gold star for that! We have a few more kids so I hope NVSH keeps up the good work so they can help our younger children too ! read more

I went to this school for two LONG years and just graduated. The only reason I gave it two stars is because the program is a great idea & it gives you SOME freedom compared to traditional high school. Besides the fact they constantly lost paperwork & blamed it on me for not having it, making me call off my full time manager position to come redo paperwork they lost, threatening to not let me graduate 2 days before graduation (unless I wrote a 5 page paper on my lack of responsibility, for not having a sheet of paper with me on time), countless emails that they didn't respond to, and many other things-the school was great (sarcasm intended). I was able to have SOME flexibility to my schedule thanks to the college classes and was able to save up money for the years to come. Which I am grateful for, but college was easier than dealing with this headache school. The "support" from this school is a joke , although you did have access to tutoring which is a plus, they constantly made me feel like I was an idiot & that I didn't belong in the school. I had over 7 friends drop the program because of how the school treated them in 1 year. At the end of my second year, when I thought all was said & done, they lost the $300 receipt proving I paid for a class and they tried to make me pay it again after graduation! Their hustle scheme didnt work because I had my copy of the receipt but really? How do you lose something that important with less than 200 kids at the school? If your going to go to this school PHOTOCOPY EVERYTHING you receive or turn into them. It will save you so much hassle. -Taylor R read more

I attended Nevada State for one year. Ugh. Nothing went wrong but they are really disorganized and unprofessional! Basically, there is only one person there (definitely not the principal or the principal's spouse, who are rather unpleasant) who is actually worth anything. Yes, the concept of the school is great and I'm happy to have used their services but really, they are super unwelcoming and I wouldn't recommend them. If you're ok with putting up with a lot of stupid inconveniences, then go for it, but be prepared and please please keep copies of everything important that you give them! TL;DR They pay for all college classes and textbooks so you can get dual credit, but only if you follow their rules to the letter. read more

I gave Nevada State High School three stars because of their staff and the fact that they pay for college. As in one star for the staff, and two stars because they pay for your college. Overall I don't believe that NSHS was awful, but the lack of organization and ridiculous requirements for "social points" were a big negative. I can understand the lack of organization, Corona has made this year difficult for everyone, but the social point system and the transitions class were a big waste of time. The social point system is set up for people who normally aren't very involved with the community so for people who already have a busy schedule it is really difficult to get to enough events to meet NSHS's social point requirements. Also the events are huge wastes of time. One of them was an hour long session of Disney Character Kahoot. I could have been working on College Course work but I had to guess whether or not that silhouette was Cinderella or not. Overall, NSHS isn't horrible, but like the stars say, "Ok". read more

I gave it one star because I can't give it zero. Unless you have many hours in the day and several weeks to go over paperwork and lots of migraine medicine please don't even attempt this school for your high school student. It is the most painful situation I've ever dealt with and there is no staff support. Not worth it!!!! read more

My son is in 11th grade at Nevada State High School based in Henderson. He is halfway through his first semester and we are both really pleased so far. Yes, there is a lot of paperwork to fill out, forms to submit, and details to follow closely to ensure compliance with high school and college rules, but for basically 2 years of free college tuition, it's worth it! Getting kids to start college early, if they are ready, is way smarter than trying to earn college credit through AP classes/exams, which many colleges will not accept for credit (why would they when they can charge you to to take classes at their institutions?) We chose this program over CSN HS because NV State provides more college classes than the CSN program (at 5 different local/online colleges, including CSN), and because the schedule at NSHS is more flexible to work around things like jobs, sports, music, (you can still do these at your zoned school), etc. The usual course plan is to take 3 college classes first semester, 4 second semester, and 5 each semester during senior year (all paid for by NSHS). However, it's possible to add (and pay for yourself) the 3 additional classes, during summer school or winter break sessions, which would be required to earn an associates degree. Financially speaking, that's about $900 out of your pocket for an associates degree, plus textbook expenses. You can even easily research the professors on sites like ratemyprofessor.com, in order to help you choose the best teachers for classes. I'm a big proponent of educational choice, and this concept really is a great one for many students; too many of our young people are graduating from college with thousands of dollars of debt that cannot be paid off quickly or easily. I'm planning to send my younger children here, too. read more

Well, they finally fixed most of the problems by hiring additional staff in Summerlin. They were great. Things were organized. Our questions were responded to in a timely manner. The staff wasn't rude. Guess what? I found out they fired the principal and the teacher yesterday. The two people who actually made a different. Great job Hawks. Someone comes in and fixes your crap so you get rid of them. read more

I have attended this school for two years now and I will be graduating in less than a month. I do not know what the other reviews on here are talking about because everything was very "professional" and "organized". I want to see them be a principal of a school LOL. Anyways, the school was great. The first semester is long and tiring because they want you to be prepared because it is hard since you are going from high school to college, just like people do normally after high school. After that, its pretty easy, you do everything yourself. The only problem was that they would post on "moodle" which is their school website the week of when something is due but if you check it everyday you would be okay. Other than that, I am graduating with 50 COLLEGE CREDITS!!!! all for FREE!!!! awesome right? And I have my degree all PLANNED out and I will be graduating in two years from UNLV! This school is so awesome, I hated my high school I went to because I learned NOTHING but this school lets you take classes at CSN and create your own schedule. NEVADA STATE IS THE BEST. :) If it is still around when I have kids, I would definitely give them this opportunity to attend here. read more

I am only giving it one star for paying for my college classes, for the most part. The website lies to you and tells you they pay all books, classes, and tests. They stopped paying for our ACT/SATs last spring, and haven't paid for our books for the past year. I went there for two long years and earned 60+ credits, so I know what I am talking about. The staff is absolutely awful. All of them. They WILL lose your paperwork (as most of these reviews state). They WILL either make you feel stupid for asking simple questions, or they will not answer at all and make you submit a help ticket, and then not even follow through with what they said (this happened many, many times). They have made so many changes in the past couple months that I can't speak for what the school might become. All I know is, it was way different when I began the program, which was faulty even back then, and now with their lack of funds, you'll probably be paying full college prices. Don't waste your time, the staff and school policies stressed me out WAY more than my college classes did. read more