Desert Pines

3800 Harris Ave., Las Vegas, 89110 (Directions)
702-799-2196
702-799-2198
Web site: http://ccsd.net/schools/desertpines

From the school

"Desert Pines High School has utilizes the EduLink program, EdLine, which allows parents to access student grades using their home computer. Teachers are required to update EdLine on a weekly basis from their Easy Grade Pro grade book.

"Progress notices are issued to students every third week and every classroom has a phone that parents can call to leave messages during the school day.

"The parent advisory committee meets on a monthly basis. These meetings are advertised in the schools newsletter, which is published six times during the school year, on the school's Web site, and in the principals perspective letter, as well.

"Gear-up parent nights and sidewalk cafes are held to highlight the gear-up program. We also hold a magnet school open house to enhance magnet parent participation. A freshman orientation barbeque and various other open house activities are held throughout the school year.

"Additional communication efforts also include an auto-dialer phone system and partnerships with local Hispanic newspapers and television and radio stations."

School details

Principal: Timothy D. Stephens

All year: No
Safe Key: No
Full-day kindergarten: No
Block schedule: No
Level(s): High School
Dress code: Yes
Mascot: Panthers

Made AYP: Unknown
Homework help centers: No
ESL offered: Unknown
Edison school: No
Class-size reduction: No
District: G
Region: Southeast
Alternative education summer school: No
Magnet school: Yes (Communications and information technology.)

Annual Data

2008

Demographics

Enrollment: 2941
Female students: 48.4 %
Male students: 52 %
American Indian/Alaskan Native: 14 (0.5 %)
Asian/Pacific Islanders: 108 (3.7 %)
Black/African American: 469 (15.9 %)
Hispanic: 2070 (70.4 %)
White: 280 (9.5 %)
Free/Reduced Lunch students: 1627
Students with disabilities: 324
Limited English Proficiency students: 728

Fiscal Information

Total Expenditures/Pupil: $6179

Student Information

Average daily attendance: 87.2 %
Transiency: 39.9 %
Graduation rate: 52.3 %
Standard Diploma: 67.4 %
Advanced Diploma: 16.0 %
Adjusted Diploma: 11.1 %
Certificate of Attendance: 5.4 %
Dropout Rate: 6.6 %
Proficiency Failures: 5.4 %
NSHE Enrollment: 109
NSHE Remediated: 40
NSHE Remediated: 36.7 %

Technology

Classrooms: 140
Classrooms with Internet access: 140
Instructional computers: 745
Instructional computers with Internet access: 745
Labs/Libraries/Media Centers: 2
Labs/Libraries/Media Centers with Internet access: 2

Discipline

Distribution of Controlled Substances: 3
Possession/Use of Alcohol: 17
Possession/Use of Controlled Substances: 25
Possession of Weapons: 14
Violence to Staff: 5
Violence to Students: 107
Habitual truants: 221

Assessments

AYP classification: Did Not Make Adequate Yearly Progress
AYP designation: In Need of Improvement (Year 5)
AYP detail: Click here
HSPE info: Click here
NASSAA info: Click here
ITED info: Click here

Class size averages

English: 30
Math: 33
Science: 30
Social Studies: 32

Retention

9th grade: 266 (26.4 %)
10th grade: 85 (11.3 %)
11th grade: 20 (2.9 %)
12th grade: 3 (0.6 %)

Scoring

Math HS AS: 45 %
Math HS ED: 10 %
Math HS ES: 3 %
Math HS MS: 42 %
Reading HS AS: 11 %
Reading HS ED: 2 %
Reading HS ES: 25 %
Reading HS MS: 63 %
Writing HS AS: 20 %
Writing HS ED: 2 %
Writing HS ES: 3 %
Writing HS MS: 75 %
Key: AS = Approaches Standards; ED = Emergent/Developing; ES = Exceeds Standards; MS = Meets Standards; HS = High School; K8 = Kindergarten-8th grade