High · Nevada
South Academic Center J-SHS
AlternativeFree meals for allSouth Academic Center J-SHS, a public high school in Las Vegas, Nevada: grades 6–12, 115 students, 7.2 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
- 115
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.0
- Students per teacher
- 7.2
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 90% of high schools in Nevada
Median 21.2 · 130 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 92% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 73% 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%4.3%proficient
−2.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 94% of high schools in Nevada
Median 36% · 18 high schools compared
95 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Nevada: 35%2.3%proficient
+0.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 94% of high schools in Nevada
Median 21% · 17 high schools compared
90 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
- Midsize 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
- 4560 W Harmon Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89103
- Phone
- (702)799-2070
- City or town
- Paradise
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Burk Horizon-Southwest Sunset HSAlternative | 9–12 | 24 | — |
Clark Ed W HSFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,801 | 18.3 |
Beacon Academy of NevadaCharterAlternative | 9–12 | 928 | 66.3 |
Durango HSFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,322 | 23.5 |
| 9–12 | 1,404 | 59.2 | |
Spring Valley HSFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,641 | 22.0 |
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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