Las Vegas HS

6500 E. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas, 89142 (Directions)
702-799-0180
702-799-0192
Web site: http://lvwildcats.com/

From the school

Las Vegas High School offers multiple lines of communication with parents and the local community. The annual Open House gives parents the opportunity to tour the school and visit with the teachers. Counselors and administrators meet with parents at the Eighth Grade Parent Night, Financial Aide Night, AVID Information Night, and Senior Graduation Night to explain requirements and answer questions. The Edline Online System allows parents easy access to electronically view student grades, attendance and transcripts, and progress/grade reports are sent home every three weeks. Community newsletters are sent, highlighting student achievements and activities. The auto dialer phones parents with reminders of important events and student's daily attendance. The principal meets monthly with the Parent Advisory Council to discuss current updates about the school, emerging issues and suggestions for improving overall student achievement.

School details

Principal: Debbie I. Brockett

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

Made AYP: Unknown
Homework help centers: No
ESL offered: Unknown
Edison school: No
Class-size reduction: No
District: G
Region: East
Alternative education summer school: No
Magnet school: No

Annual Data

2008

Demographics

Enrollment: 3315
Female students: 49.0 %
Male students: 51 %
American Indian/Alaskan Native: 24 (0.7 %)
Asian/Pacific Islanders: 350 (10.6 %)
Black/African American: 441 (13.3 %)
Hispanic: 1595 (48.1 %)
White: 905 (27.3 %)
Free/Reduced Lunch students: 1115
Students with disabilities: 309
Limited English Proficiency students: 373

Student Information

Average daily attendance: 92.7 %
Transiency: 26.9 %
Graduation rate: 64.7 %
Standard Diploma: 66.4 %
Advanced Diploma: 19.8 %
Adjusted Diploma: 6.8 %
Certificate of Attendance: 7.0 %
Dropout Rate: 4.6 %
Proficiency Failures: 7.0 %
NSHE Enrollment: 166
NSHE Remediated: 45
NSHE Remediated: 27.1 %

Technology

Classrooms: 117
Classrooms with Internet access: 115
Instructional computers: 548
Instructional computers with Internet access: 546
Labs/Libraries/Media Centers: 10
Labs/Libraries/Media Centers with Internet access: 10

Discipline

Distribution of Controlled Substances: 4
Possession/Use of Controlled Substances: 23
Possession of Weapons: 13
Violence to Staff: 2
Violence to Students: 112
Habitual disciplinary problems: 1
Habitual truants: 44

Assessments

AYP classification: Made Adequate Yearly Progress
AYP designation: In Need of Improvement (Year 3 - Hold)
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HSPE info: Click here
NASSAA info: Click here
ITED info: Click here

Class size averages

English: 30
Math: 30
Science: 32
Social Studies: 28

Retention

9th grade: 274 (23.4 %)
10th grade: 226 (24.0 %)
11th grade: 88 (13.0 %)
12th grade: 1 (0.2 %)

Scoring

Math HS AS: 32 %
Math HS ED: 6 %
Math HS ES: 11 %
Math HS MS: 51 %
Reading HS AS: 6 %
Reading HS ED: 2 %
Reading HS ES: 33 %
Reading HS MS: 59 %
Writing HS AS: 12 %
Writing HS ED: 3 %
Writing HS ES: 4 %
Writing HS MS: 81 %
Key: AS = Approaches Standards; ED = Emergent/Developing; ES = Exceeds Standards; MS = Meets Standards; HS = High School; K8 = Kindergarten-8th grade