← NV High School Explorer

Desert Willow J-SHS

Las Vegas · NV · Clark County · Public · K-12 combined

📄 Shareable scorecard →

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 10% by test-taker volume
  • 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 24% (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

💡

How Desert Willow J-SHS compares for families

What families should know about Desert Willow J-SHS.

  • LocallyNV trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−10 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Miley Achievement Ctr J-SHS, Variety J-SHS, Juvenile Detention 6-12 J-SHS and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

For Parents

📬

Follow Desert Willow J-SHS

Get an email when Desert Willow J-SHS's numbers change — new admissions results, enrollment shifts, test scores. A few updates a year, no spam.

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 10% by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
6
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
31.6
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

50th 90th
4-year graduation rate
24%
Single-point estimate
4-year cohort size
11
Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years
Compared against
17,988
US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
21.9%
Elevated above the national average (~16%). Worth understanding — chronic absence compounds into dropout risk, transfer-out risk, and revenue loss.
Students absent 15+ days
7
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +58.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 32 students:

2025
51
2027
128
2029
323

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Miley Achievement Ctr J-SHS
Las Vegas
Public 0.0 34
Variety J-SHS
Las Vegas
Public 0.7 47
Juvenile Detention 6-12 J-SHS
Las Vegas
Public 0.7 98
Clark County Detention Ctr J-SHS
Las Vegas
Public 0.7 44
Quest Program
Las Vegas
Public 0.7 9
Mater Academy East
Las Vegas
Public · charter 0.8 1,073 +161.7%
Equipo Academy
Las Vegas
Public · charter 0.9 462 -5.9%
Desert Pines HS
Las Vegas
Public 1.1 2,995 -6.0%

For Parents

Researching colleges for your kid at Desert Willow J-SHS?

Get a personalized College Plan Audit — find Reach, Target, and Safety colleges matched to your kid's GPA, test scores, intended major, and your family's budget. Free.

Start the College Plan Audit →

For School Admins looking at enrollment trends: request an Enrollment Trend Audit →