A 2025 report by the Guinn Center for Policy Priorities found that since 2018, Nevada’s two marijuana taxes have raised nearly $716 million for K-12 education funding. That equals out to roughly $1,500 per student over the past seven years.
Projected cannabis tax revenue makes up only about 2% of the $12.9 billion budgeted for K-12 education for the next two years.
Researchers say that while cannabis taxes are an important piece of how Nevada funds K-12 education, the revenue they bring in isn’t enough to close the $4,000 gap between the state’s per-pupil funding level and the national average.
This fact brief was originally published by
The Nevada Independent on July 18, 2025, and was authored by Rocio Hernandez. The Nevada Independent is a member of the
Gigafact network.