High · Nevada
George Whittell High School
George Whittell High School, a public high school in Zephyr Cove, Nevada: grades 6–12, 139 students, 5.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Douglas.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 139
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.5
- Students per teacher
- 5.7
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 94% of high schools in Nevada
Median 21.2 · 130 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 95% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 68% of high schools in Nevada
Median 351 · 151 schools compared
Smaller than 76% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Nevada's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Nevada: 46%70%proficient
+4.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 78% of high schools in Nevada
Median 36% · 18 high schools compared
74 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Nevada: 35%59%proficient
+15.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 88% of high schools in Nevada
Median 21% · 17 high schools compared
74 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Rural area near a city
- Run by
- Douglas
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Douglas.
Location
- Address
- 240 Warrior Way, Zephyr Cove, NV 89448
- Phone
- (775)588-2446
- City or town
- Skyland
- County
- Douglas County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
South Tahoe HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,076 | 19.6 |
Mt. Tallac HighAlternative | 9–12 | 50 | 16.9 |
| 9–12 | 1,510 | 20.0 | |
ASPIRE Academy High SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 82 | 13.7 |
| 9–12 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 468 | 17.1 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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