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