Sierra Vista High School

Among the schools in Las Vegas, Nevada, is Sierra Vista High School, a large high school. Enrollment is 3,255 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. Against the 973-student average for high schools in Nevada, enrollment here is 235% higher.

Enrollment across the 375 schools in Clark County totals 301,622 students.

Sierra Vista High School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 29%. Other students are 22% White, 17% Black, 16% Asian, and 11% multiracial. The county population is about 32% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is an 80% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The count of teachers at Sierra Vista High School is 133 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 24.5:1. That is lower than the 72.6:1 average for high schools in Nevada. The school counts 3,255 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 100%.

In Clark County (population about 2,329,548), the median household income is $76,472, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 462 public schools in Clark County, enrolling about 360,225 students in all.

The closest other public school is Steele Judith D Elementary School, about 1.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

NCES describes the area around Sierra Vista High School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Federal data show a 17% enrollment increase, from 2,774 in 2020-21 to 3,255 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 29.2:1 to 24.5:1.

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