Southwest Career & Technical Academy HS

Southwest Career & Technical Academy HS is one of the high-enrollment secondary schools in Las Vegas, Nevada, operated by Clark County, with 1,600 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 973 students per school, that is 64% bigger than typical.

Across the 375 schools in Clark County (301,622 students total), Southwest Career & Technical Academy HS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Southwest Career & Technical Academy HS records that 32% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 23% White, 9% Black, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Southwest Career & Technical Academy HS reports 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.9:1. 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, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, Clark County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,472, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Southwest Career & Technical Academy HS is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).

Nearest neighbor: Legacy Traditional School Southwest Las Vegas, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 10%: 1,454 students in 2018 compared to 1,600 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share contracted from 37% to 32%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.