Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Cheyenne High School

3200 W. Alexander Rd., North Las Vegas, NV 89032 (Directions)

From the school

The faculty and staff of Cheyenne High School understand the importance of meaningful communication with parents and guardians. Parents and guardians are notified daily of student absences and tardies by our automated phone system. This system is also used to notify students and their families of important information and upcoming events, such as testing dates. Newsletters are produced and mailed to parents and guardians monthly, and postcards are used to supplement timely information. Teachers, administrators and staff provide individual communication through phone calls, meetings, and parent conferences.

Parents and guardians have access to their students personal information, including grades and attendance, using our on-line InTouch system. Links to teachers' e-mail addresses are also available on InTouch. All parents are invited to attend Parent Advisory meetings held at the beginning of each month, both in the morning and evening, and are encouraged to volunteer at the school and/or in classrooms. Parents and guardians are also encouraged to attend special events at the school, such as our freshman barbeque and orientation, open house night, drama and band performances, and sporting events.

School details

  • Mascot: Desert Shields
  • District: C
  • Region: Northeast
  • Level(s): High School
  • Principal: Jeffrey J. Geihs
  • All year: No
  • Safe Key: No
  • Full-day kindergarten: No
  • Block schedule: Yes
  • Dress code: Yes
  • 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

Demographics

  • Enrollment: 2401
  • Female students: 45.6 %
  • Male students: 54 %
  • American Indian/Alaskan Native: 20 (0.8 %)
  • Asian/Pacific Islanders: 150 (6.2 %)
  • Black/African American: 783 (32.6 %)
  • Hispanic: 787 (32.8 %)
  • White: 661 (27.5 %)
  • Free/Reduced Lunch students: 771
  • Students with disabilities: 341
  • Limited English Proficiency students: 172

Fiscal Information

  • Total Expenditures/Pupil: $6138

Student Information

  • Average daily attendance: 88.9 %
  • Transiency: 40.5 %
  • Graduation rate: 51.0 %
  • Standard Diploma: 69.6 %
  • Advanced Diploma: 10.7 %
  • Adjusted Diploma: 10.7 %
  • Certificate of Attendance: 9.0 %
  • Dropout Rate: 5.3 %
  • Proficiency Failures: 9.0 %
  • NSHE Enrollment: 95
  • NSHE Remediated: 30
  • NSHE Remediated: 31.6 %

Technology

  • Classrooms: 133
  • Classrooms with Internet access: 133
  • Instructional computers: 541
  • Instructional computers with Internet access: 541
  • Labs/Libraries/Media Centers: 15
  • Labs/Libraries/Media Centers with Internet access: 15

Discipline

  • Distribution of Controlled Substances: 2
  • Possession/Use of Alcohol: 1
  • Possession/Use of Controlled Substances: 19
  • Possession of Weapons: 8
  • Violence to Staff: 4
  • Violence to Students: 77
  • Habitual disciplinary problems: 4
  • Habitual truants: 187

Assessments

Class size averages

  • English: 26
  • Math: 28
  • Science: 26
  • Social Studies: 30

Retention

  • 9th grade: 174 (21.5 %)
  • 10th grade: 124 (18.6 %)
  • 11th grade: 9 (1.9 %)
  • 12th grade: 26 (5.9 %)

Scoring

  • Math HS AS: 42 %
  • Math HS ED: 6 %
  • Math HS ES: 7 %
  • Math HS MS: 45 %
  • Reading HS AS: 8 %
  • Reading HS ED: 2 %
  • Reading HS ES: 35 %
  • Reading HS MS: 54 %
  • Writing HS AS: 14 %
  • Writing HS ED: 4 %
  • Writing HS ES: 5 %
  • Writing HS MS: 77 %
  • 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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