High · Nevada
Peterson Academic Center J-SHS
AlternativeFree meals for allPeterson Academic Center J-SHS, a public high school in Las Vegas, Nevada: grades 6–12, 113 students, 7.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Clark County.
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
- 113
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.0
- Students per teacher
- 7.1
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 92% of high schools in Nevada
Median 21.2 · 130 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 93% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 74% of high schools in Nevada
Median 351 · 151 schools compared
Smaller than 79% 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%Not published: too few students tested.
62 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Nevada: 35%Not published: too few students tested.
66 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 · Alternative
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
- Run by
- Clark County
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Clark County.
Location
- Address
- 10250 W Centennial Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89149
- Phone
- (702)799-6610
- City or town
- Las Vegas
- County
- Clark 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 | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Centennial HSFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,961 | 25.1 | — | — |
Northwest Career-Technical Academy HSCareer and technicalFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,812 | 21.1 | — | — |
Leadership Academy of NevadaCharterFully virtual | 6–12 | 284 | 23.7 | 49% | 27% |
| 11–12 | 126 | — | — | — | |
Arbor View HSFree meals for all | 9–12 | 3,069 | 24.8 | — | — |
Cimarron-Memorial HSFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,483 | 21.8 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
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.
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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