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Las Vegas HS
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Las Vegas HS
Las Vegas HS, an expansive 9-12 campus in Las Vegas, Nevada, operated by Clark County, caters to 2,510 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Nevada's public schools average about 973 students each, so Las Vegas HS sits 158% bigger than that benchmark.
Within Clark County, which oversees 375 schools and 301,622 students, Las Vegas HS is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Las Vegas HS shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment; the rest reads as 12% Black, 6% White, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, Las Vegas HS has 116 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 72.6:1, putting Las Vegas HS tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
In the surrounding community, Clark County reports that median household income runs about $76,472, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Las Vegas HS is one.
Goldfarb Daniel ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 2,936 students in 2018 compared to 2,510 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 10% to 6%. Class-load math has fell: from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 in 2025.
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