Summary:
ZIP code 89103 in Las Vegas has two high schools, both in the Clark County district and both at 4560 W Harmon Ave: South Academic Center J-Senior High School, which serves grades 6–12 with 115 students, and Burk Horizon-Southwest Sunset High School, which serves grades 9–12 with just 24 students. Together they enroll 139 students, with South accounting for roughly 83% of that total.
Chronic absenteeism is the clearest school-level measure available for both, and both schools are far above the district (27.0%) and state (25.5%) rates. South Academic Center reports 67.6% — more than 40 points above the district — and Burk reports 57.5%, about 30 points above the district. Burk spends more per student, $47,622 versus $37,073 at South, a difference of $10,549 (about 28.5% higher), even though it has far fewer students. South reports a 7.1 student-teacher ratio and 100% free/reduced lunch; Burk's ratio and free/reduced lunch figures are not reported, so no comparison is possible.
Academic proficiency cannot be compared: every school-level test score (SBAC and ACT results) is suppressed by the state and shown as "—", which means unknown, not low. Burk has the only school-level graduation rate, 78.6% in 2021–2022; district and state rates of 86.6% and 85.4% are from 2024–2025, so that gap is descriptive only. Historical rankings for both schools are old but uniformly low, in the bottom few percent of ranked schools, and both share the same campus address, suggesting co-located programs.
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