Palo Verde

333 S. Pavilion Center Dr., Las Vegas, 89144 (Directions)
702-799-1450
702-799-1455
Web site: http://www.paloverde.org/

From the school

Palo Verde sends a summer mailer to the parents of all enrolled students. Bi-monthly parent newsletters are posted online and a graduation newsletter is sent to the parents of seniors. During registration, all students receive a course catalog that provides curricular information. All of these publications provide details on how to contact staff members for information. All students receive a handbook to be used as a tool for communication between school and home. In-Touch allows parents to access student schedules, transcripts, courses, grades, homework, and attendance online and to e-mail teachers with questions. The PVHS website offers updated information on athletics, activities, and academics, and contains links to teachers, departments, and administration. Letters are mailed to parents to inform them of student test results and academic progress. Parents serve on the Learning Improvement Team and School Support Team, support fundraising, volunteer at events, and provide assistance in all administrative departments. The Parent Advisory Committee meetings, Freshman Orientation, Incoming Freshman Parent Night, and AP Parent Night offer venues for discussion. Teachers have telephones in their rooms for use after school.

School details

Principal: Daniel G. Phillips

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

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

Annual Data

2008

Demographics

Enrollment: 3454
Female students: 48.4 %
Male students: 52 %
American Indian/Alaskan Native: 12 (0.3 %)
Asian/Pacific Islanders: 416 (12.0 %)
Black/African American: 365 (10.6 %)
Hispanic: 550 (15.9 %)
White: 2111 (61.1 %)
Free/Reduced Lunch students: 338
Students with disabilities: 276
Limited English Proficiency students: 92

Fiscal Information

Total Expenditures/Pupil: $5210

Student Information

Average daily attendance: 92.9 %
Transiency: 23.1 %
Graduation rate: 74.4 %
Standard Diploma: 64.4 %
Advanced Diploma: 26.1 %
Adjusted Diploma: 5.9 %
Certificate of Attendance: 3.5 %
Dropout Rate: 2.7 %
Proficiency Failures: 3.5 %
NSHE Enrollment: 273
NSHE Remediated: 52
NSHE Remediated: 19.0 %

Technology

Classrooms: 139
Classrooms with Internet access: 139
Instructional computers: 673
Instructional computers with Internet access: 673
Labs/Libraries/Media Centers: 11
Labs/Libraries/Media Centers with Internet access: 11

Discipline

Distribution of Controlled Substances: 1
Possession/Use of Alcohol: 3
Possession/Use of Controlled Substances: 29
Possession of Weapons: 10
Violence to Staff: 7
Violence to Students: 68
Habitual truants: 9

Assessments

AYP classification: Did Not Make Adequate Yearly Progress
AYP designation: In Need of Improvement (Year 4)
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HSPE info: Click here
NASSAA info: Click here
ITED info: Click here

Class size averages

English: 28
Math: 29
Science: 28
Social Studies: 31

Retention

9th grade: 111 (10.5 %)
10th grade: 86 (9.0 %)
11th grade: 7 (1.0 %)
12th grade: 12 (1.6 %)

Scoring

Math HS AS: 17 %
Math HS ED: 2 %
Math HS ES: 28 %
Math HS MS: 52 %
Reading HS AS: 2 %
Reading HS ED: 2 %
Reading HS ES: 59 %
Reading HS MS: 38 %
Writing HS AS: 4 %
Writing HS ED: 3 %
Writing HS ES: 6 %
Writing HS MS: 87 %
Key: AS = Approaches Standards; ED = Emergent/Developing; ES = Exceeds Standards; MS = Meets Standards; HS = High School; K8 = Kindergarten-8th grade