Pahrump Valley High School

In Pahrump, Nevada, part of Nye County, Pahrump Valley High School is a high school. The school counts 1,333 students across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Nevada is about 973 students.

Nye is the district for Pahrump Valley High School. It has 23 schools and 5,721 students.

White students are the majority at Pahrump Valley High School, with 50% of enrollment. Other groups make up 35% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Black. Nye County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Teachers at the school number 56 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 23.8:1. On average, high schools in Nevada have 72.6:1, compared with 23.8:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 100% average for public schools in Nye County.

Census estimates describe Nye County this way: the median household income is $60,714, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 13%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Pahrump Valley High School, Nye County has 28 other public schools.

Nearest public school: Pathways High School, about 0.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools.

Its NCES locale code is Town: Remote: the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.

Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,333, close to the 1,321 recorded in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 22.0:1 to 23.8:1.

Community posts for Pahrump Valley High School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.