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Silverado HS
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Silverado HS
Silverado HS, an expansive high school in Las Vegas, Nevada, part of Clark County, enrolls 1,914 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 97% larger than the state mean of about 973.
Clark County comprises 375 schools with combined enrollment of 301,622 students; Silverado HS is among them.
Demographically, Silverado HS shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 26% White, 12% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% 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, The school employs 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 72.6:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Around the school, Clark County reports that median household income runs about $76,472, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Silverado HS is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).
Nearest neighbor: Schofield Jack Lund MS, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Silverado HS has declined 17%, going from 2,298 students in 2018 to 1,914 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 35% to 26%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 today.
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