Palo Verde High School

For the school in Arizona, see Palo Verde High School (Arizona).

Palo Verde High School is a high school in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The school was built in 1996 with an adjacent 10 portable classrooms located in Summerlin, a rapidly growing suburban community in the western portion of the City of Las Vegas and unincorporated Clark County. The origin of the school's name comes from the surrounding palo verde trees. The school's ethnic ratio is 59.4% Caucasian; 17.1% Hispanic; 11.5% Asian/Pacific Islander; 11.4% African American and 0.6% Native American.^[2]

Palo Verde High School
Address
333 South Pavilion Center Drive Las Vegas, Nevada 89144
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1996; 29 years ago (1996)
Locale	Summerlin
School district	Clark County School District
Teaching staff	110.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Number of students	3,141 (2023-2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	28.55[1]
Color(s)	Black   Green   Silver
Mascot	Panther
Website	Palo Verde High School

The school site includes a College of Southern Nevada (CSN) High Tech Center and an adjacent Parks and Recreation facility.^[3]

Interior of the school

Athletics

Fall Sports Cross Country Football Women's Volleyball Men's Soccer Women's Golf Tennis Women's Soccer

Winter Sports Basketball Wrestling Women's Flag Football Bowling

Spring Sports Track Baseball Softball Men's Golf Men's Lacrosse Women's Lacrosse Boys’ Volleyball Swimming and Diving

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Notable alumni

• Elle McLemore – Broadway actress
• Arianny Celeste – model and UFC Octagon Girl^[5]
• Daniel Bellinger – American football player
• Saalim Hakim – American football player
• Cassie Jaye – actress and filmmaker^[6]
• Brandon Kintzler – Major League Baseball pitcher^[7]
• Gerard Lawson – National Football League player^[8]
• Brittany Martin Porter – television producer
• Cody Miller – Olympic swimmer for the United States
• Matt Polster – footballer, Victoria Highlanders, Chicago Fire, Rangers F.C., United States U23, United States
• Ryan Reeves – WWE professional wrestler, known as Ryback^[9]
• Erica Sullivan – Team USA Olympic swimmer
• Brendon Urie – lead singer of Panic! at the Disco^[10]
• Jessie Vargas – professional boxer
• Brent Wilson – bassist of Panic! at the Disco
• Dan Reynolds – main singer Imagine Dragons

References

1. "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Palo Verde High School". nces.ed.gov.
2. "Student Teacher Ratio Palo Verde High School - Las Vegas, Nevada - NV". Greatschools.net. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
3. "Palo Verde High School". Paloverde.org. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
4. "Palo Verde Athletics". Archived from the original on January 18, 2008.
5. "Arianny Celeste News, Pictures, and Videos". TMZ. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
6. "Cassie Jaye: The New School of Hollywood". www.jeffhightower.com.
7. Locher, John. "Palo Verde Product resurrects his career". Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
8. Keefer, Case. "Former Palo Verde star ready for camp with the Browns". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
9. "See how the Rock rolls, and Ryback gets back". Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
10. Weatherford, Mike (June 17, 2011). "Las Vegas' Panic! at the Disco playing House of Blues after weathering lineup changes". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved May 26, 2013.

External links

Media related to Palo Verde High School at Wikimedia Commons

• Palo Verde High School
• Clark County School District

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