Douglas High School

Douglas High School is a secondary school of sizable scale in Minden, Nevada, part of Douglas, educateing 1,510 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Nevada's public schools average about 973 students each, so Douglas High School sits 55% above that benchmark.

Douglas comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 4,927 students; Douglas High School is among them.

On demographics, Douglas High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 24% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Native American. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 72.6:1, putting Douglas High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Douglas County's rate of about 34%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Douglas County put median household earnings sit near $90,754, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Douglas County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,927 students), Douglas High School is one campus in the mix.

Minden Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Douglas High School's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,668 (now 1,510).

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