Juvenile Detention 6-12 J-SHS

As a minimally staffed senior high in Las Vegas, Nevada, Juvenile Detention 6-12 J-SHS enrolls 105 students from grades 6 through 12, run under Clark County. Enrollment runs roughly 89% leaner than the state mean of about 973.

Across the 375 schools in Clark County (301,622 students total), Juvenile Detention 6-12 J-SHS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Juvenile Detention 6-12 J-SHS records that 50% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 31% Hispanic, 11% White, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 72.6:1 average. An estimated 3% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Clark County runs at roughly 93%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Clark County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,472, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clark County's 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), Juvenile Detention 6-12 J-SHS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Clark County Detention Ctr J-SHS, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Juvenile Detention 6-12 J-SHS.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Juvenile Detention 6-12 J-SHS has ticked up 36%, going from 77 students in 2018 to 105 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 19% to 31% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 4.0:1 in 2018 to 5.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.