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Desert Willow Schools Miley West

  • 6171 W Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, 89146 (Directions)
  • 702-486-8957
  • 702-799-2737

From the school

Communication is a vital component of the success of the educational program at Desert Willow. Desert Willow is located in a state operated psychiatric treatment center. School and hospital staff works together creating a harmonious milieu. Students' academic and behavioral progress in the classroom is monitored daily. Data is used in conjunction with the hospital staff to determine the psychiatric progress of children and adolescents. Weekly treatment team meetings involve parents, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, probation officers and school personnel. Together the team develops a plan that encompasses family, school and an Educational Plan.

School details

  • Principal: Cheryl A. Joyce
  • All year: No
  • Safe Key: No
  • Full-day kindergarten: Yes
  • Block schedule: No
  • Level(s): Psychiatric Hospital
  • Dress code: No
  • Mascot: Wolves
  • Made AYP: Unknown
  • Homework help centers: No
  • ESL offered: Unknown
  • Edison school: No
  • Class-size reduction: No
  • Region: Northeast
  • Alternative education summer school: Yes
  • Magnet school: No

Annual Data

  • 2008

Demographics

  • Enrollment: 38
  • Female students: 21.0 %
  • Male students: 17 %
  • American Indian/Alaskan Native: 2 (5.3 %)
  • Asian/Pacific Islanders: 1 (2.6 %)
  • Black/African American: 9 (23.7 %)
  • Hispanic: 4 (10.5 %)
  • White: 22 (57.9 %)
  • Students with disabilities: 17

Fiscal Information

  • Total Expenditures/Pupil: $2807

Student Information

  • Average daily attendance: 97.9 %
  • Transiency: 150.4 %
  • Graduation rate: 63.0 %
  • Dropout Rate: 6.4 %

Technology

  • Classrooms: 4
  • Instructional computers: 15

Assessments

Class size averages

  • English: 3
  • Math: 3
  • Science: 3
  • Social Studies: 2

Retention

  • 8th grade: 1 (25.0 %)

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