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Basic

400 Palo Verde Dr., Henderson, NV 89015 (Directions)

From the school

Basic High School maintains an open line of communication with parents and members of the community throughout the school year. Meetings are held to provide information about school curriculum, classroom instruction, student achievement, and extra-curricular activities. Some examples include: monthly Parent Advisory Committee meetings, Open House, Junior Jump Start College Night, Financial Aid Night, Eighth Grade Family Night, Freshman Barbecue & Orientation, AVID Family Nights, Advanced Placement Parent Night, Senior Awards Night, field trip parent informational meetings, student activities, and sports banquets. Also, community members, parents, and students regularly attend Advisory Council meetings held for the School-Based Health Center and the Law, Justice, and Public Service Institute. Intouch Online gives parents and students the ability to review students grades and attendance and email teachers with questions. Newsletters are sent to parents and posted on our new website with news of student achievement, student recognition, and school activities. In addition, flyers, postcards, and letters are routinely sent home to parents to announce important events.

School details

  • Mascot: Wolves
  • District: A
  • Region: Southeast
  • Level(s): High School
  • Principal: Susan Segal
  • Classes: 7:10 a.m.-1:16 p.m.
  • All year: No
  • Safe Key: No
  • Full-day kindergarten: No
  • Block schedule: No
  • Dress code: No
  • Made AYP: Unknown
  • Homework help centers: No
  • ESL offered: Unknown
  • Edison school: No
  • Class-size reduction: No
  • Alternative education summer school: No
  • Magnet school: No

Annual Data

  • 2008
  • 2007

Demographics

  • Enrollment: 2453
  • Female students: 49.3 %
  • Male students: 51 %
  • American Indian/Alaskan Native: 33 (1.3 %)
  • Asian/Pacific Islanders: 183 (7.5 %)
  • Black/African American: 313 (12.8 %)
  • Hispanic: 713 (29.1 %)
  • White: 1211 (49.4 %)
  • Free/Reduced Lunch students: 824
  • Students with disabilities: 280
  • Limited English Proficiency students: 122

Fiscal Information

  • Total Expenditures/Pupil: $6009

Student Information

  • Average daily attendance: 92.2 %
  • Transiency: 31.8 %
  • Graduation rate: 63.8 %
  • Standard Diploma: 57.8 %
  • Advanced Diploma: 26.0 %
  • Adjusted Diploma: 6.6 %
  • Certificate of Attendance: 9.5 %
  • Dropout Rate: 4.9 %
  • Proficiency Failures: 9.5 %
  • NSHE Enrollment: 117
  • NSHE Remediated: 34
  • NSHE Remediated: 29.1 %

Technology

  • Classrooms: 93
  • Classrooms with Internet access: 93
  • Instructional computers: 512
  • Instructional computers with Internet access: 512
  • Labs/Libraries/Media Centers: 9
  • Labs/Libraries/Media Centers with Internet access: 9

Discipline

  • Distribution of Controlled Substances: 3
  • Possession/Use of Alcohol: 15
  • Possession/Use of Controlled Substances: 18
  • Possession of Weapons: 9
  • Violence to Staff: 8
  • Violence to Students: 87
  • Habitual truants: 22

Assessments

Class size averages

  • English: 30
  • Math: 25
  • Science: 28
  • Social Studies: 33

Retention

  • 9th grade: 148 (18.8 %)
  • 10th grade: 105 (15.1 %)
  • 11th grade: 25 (5.0 %)
  • 12th grade: 12 (2.6 %)

Scoring

  • Math HS AS: 27 %
  • Math HS ED: 6 %
  • Math HS ES: 14 %
  • Math HS MS: 53 %
  • Reading HS AS: 8 %
  • Reading HS ED: 3 %
  • Reading HS ES: 38 %
  • Reading HS MS: 52 %
  • Writing HS AS: 13 %
  • Writing HS ED: 2 %
  • Writing HS ES: 5 %
  • Writing HS MS: 80 %
  • Key: AS = Approaches Standards; ED = Emergent/Developing; ES = Exceeds Standards; MS = Meets Standards; HS = High School; K8 = Kindergarten-8th grade

Additional Information

Demographics

  • Enrollment: 2406
  • Female students: 49.4 %
  • Male students: 51 %
  • American Indian/Alaskan Native: 35 (1.5 %)
  • Asian/Pacific Islanders: 147 (6.1 %)
  • Black/African American: 305 (12.7 %)
  • Hispanic: 669 (27.8 %)
  • White: 1250 (52.0 %)
  • Free/Reduced Lunch students: 718
  • Students with disabilities: 292
  • Limited English Proficiency students: 133

Fiscal Information

  • Total Expenditures/Pupil: $5632

Student Information

  • Average daily attendance: 91.6 %
  • Transiency: 33.2 %
  • Graduation rate: 64.8 %
  • Standard Diploma: 58.4 %
  • Advanced Diploma: 32.0 %
  • Adjusted Diploma: 5.0 %
  • Certificate of Attendance: 4.7 %
  • Dropout Rate: 4.9 %
  • Proficiency Failures: 4.7 %
  • NSHE Enrollment: 125
  • NSHE Remediated: 44
  • NSHE Remediated: 35.2 %

Technology

  • Classrooms: 91
  • Portable classrooms used: 4
  • Classrooms with Internet access: 91
  • Instructional computers: 498
  • Instructional computers with Internet access: 421
  • Labs/Libraries/Media Centers: 8
  • Labs/Libraries/Media Centers with Internet access: 8

Discipline

  • Distribution of Controlled Substances: 7
  • Possession/Use of Alcohol: 5
  • Possession of Weapons: 7
  • Violence to Staff: 1
  • Violence to Students: 39
  • Habitual truants: 4

Assessments

  • AYP classification: Did Not Make Adequate Yearly Progress
  • AYP designation: In Need of Improvement (Year 3)
  • AYP detail: Click here
  • NAWE info: Click here

Class size averages

  • English: 30
  • Math: 27
  • Science: 29
  • Social Studies: 31

Retention

  • 9th grade: 136 (16.7 %)
  • 10th grade: 108 (15.7 %)
  • 11th grade: 12 (2.5 %)
  • 12th grade: 5 (1.2 %)

Scoring

  • Math HS AS: 37 %
  • Math HS ED: 3 %
  • Math HS ES: 14 %
  • Math HS MS: 45 %
  • Reading HS AS: 12 %
  • Reading HS ED: 3 %
  • Reading HS ES: 47 %
  • Reading HS MS: 38 %
  • Writing HS AS: 11 %
  • Writing HS ED: 2 %
  • Writing HS ES: 6 %
  • Writing HS MS: 81 %
  • Key: AS = Approaches Standards; ED = Emergent/Developing; ES = Exceeds Standards; MS = Meets Standards; HS = High School; K8 = Kindergarten-8th grade

Additional Information

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