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Desert Pines High School

3800 Harris Ave.

Tel: (702)799-2196

Desert Pines High School serves 2,279 students in grades 9-13.
The student:teacher ratio of 23:1 is higher than the NV average of 21:1.
Minority enrollment is 95% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is more than the state average of 65%.
Desert Pines High School operates within the Clark County School District.
Clark County School District's 56% graduation rate is lower than the NV state average of 68%.

The student population of 2279 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The teacher population of 99 teachers has grown by 7% over five years.

The student:teacher ratio of 23:1 has decreased from 24:1 over five years.
The school's diversity score of 0.33 is less than the state average of 0.47. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	This School	(NV) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	23:1	21:1

American Indian	n/a	1%

Asian	1%	5%

Hispanic	81%	41%

Black	11%	10%

White	5%	35%

Hawaiian	n/a	1%

Two or more races	2%	6%

All Ethnic Groups
Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.33	0.47

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	62%	45%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	6%	7%

Clark County School District's student population of 324,146 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The district's graduation rate of 56% has decreased from 92% over five years.
The revenue/student of $9,449 is higher than the state average of $9,191. The district revenue/student has declined by 7% over four years.
The district's spending/student of $8,841 is less than the state average of $11,068. The district spending/student has declined by 15% over four years.

School District Name	Clark County School District
Number of Schools Managed	368	9
Number of Students Managed	324,146	3,473

Graduation Rate	56%	68%

District Total Revenue	$3,029 MM	$32 MM

District Spending	$2,834 MM	$38 MM

District Revenue / Student	$9,449	$9,191

District Spending / Student	$8,841	$11,068

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