Desert Willow J-SHS

Located at 245 N Pecos, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Desert Willow J-SHS is an one-room-style secondary school that educates 32 students (grades 6 through 12), one of the schools within Clark County. Enrollment runs roughly 97% leaner than the state mean of about 973.

Clark County comprises 375 schools with combined enrollment of 301,622 students; Desert Willow J-SHS is among them.

On the student-mix side, Desert Willow J-SHS logs that the largest single group is Black at 38%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 28% White, 25% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In the broader community, census data for Clark County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Desert Willow J-SHS is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).

Miley Achievement Ctr J-SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Desert Willow J-SHS has climbed 129%, going from 14 students in 2018 to 32 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 50% to 28% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.