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Las Vegas HS

6500 E. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89142 (Directions)

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

  • Mascot: Wildcats
  • District: G
  • Region: East
  • Level(s): High School
  • Principal: Debbie I. Brockett
  • 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

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

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

Additional Information

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