Nevada State High School Downtown Henderson

As a rural-scale high school in Henderson, Nevada, Nevada State High School Downtown Henderson caters to 100 students from grades 11 through 12, one of the schools within State Sponsored Charter Schools. That puts it 90% below the typical public school in Nevada, which averages around 973 students.

State Sponsored Charter Schools comprises 83 schools with combined enrollment of 64,162 students; Nevada State High School Downtown Henderson is among them.

On the student-mix side, Nevada State High School Downtown Henderson records that 65% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 0 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 909.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 72.6:1, putting Nevada State High School Downtown Henderson higher than the state norm the norm. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Clark County (around 93%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Clark County) reports that 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%. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Nevada State High School Downtown Henderson is one.

Nearest neighbor: McCaw Gordon ES, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Nevada State High School Downtown Henderson.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. Nevada State High School Downtown Henderson operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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