School type Public high school Principal David Wilson Enrollment 1,800 Phone +1 702-799-7200 Number of students 1,800 Lowest grade Ninth grade | Established 1973 Grades 9–12 School color(s) maroon & gold Founded 1973 Athletics conference Sunrise 4A Region | |
Address 1139 N Linn Ln, Las Vegas, NV 89110, USA District Clark County School District Similar Las Vegas High School, Rancho High School, Chaparral High School, Valley High School, Sunrise Mountain High Sch | ||
Eldorado High School is a public high school in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The school is a part of the Clark County School District, located in Sunrise Manor, an unincorporated area on the northeast part of the Las Vegas Valley, south of Nellis Air Force Base. Its team mascot is the Sundevils and its school colors are Maroon and Gold.
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History
Eldorado High School was established in 1973 on an open desert lot just west of the Las Vegas Wash between Washington and Bonanza Roads. The school opened its doors in September 1973 along with Chaparral High School, which brought the total number of major high schools in the Las Vegas Valley to eight, including Bishop Gorman, a private Catholic high school. For the first 15 years, Eldorado's zoning covered all of the Sunrise Mountain area north of Charleston Boulevard and east of Pecos Road, which resulted in a total school attendance of more than 2,000 (the largest known class to graduate from Eldorado to date is the Class of 1985, graduating about 550 students).The majority of the students are former students of Dell H. Robison Middle School, O'Callaghan Middle School, Monaco Middle School and Bailey Middle School. In the 1980s, Eldorado received former students from Robison and Von Tobel Middle Schools as well as a handful from Roy Martin Middle School. Today, its zoning border covers areas east of Nellis Boulevard, north of Bonanza Road and south of Owens Avenue.
School Layout
Its campus borders Washington Avenue, Linn Lane, Harris Avenue and Christy Lane, built with an enclosed building (no windows), a football stadium with an asphalt running track (one of the first high schools in Las Vegas to have such a track) and a state of the art sportatorium, used for basketball, volleyball and wrestling as well as assemblies and other school-related activities. Three other Las Vegas-area schools were built this way: Basic High School, Bonanza High School and the Southeast Career Technical Academy (also known as Vo-Tech); all built in the early to mid-1970s along with Eldorado. Both Basic and Bonanza were built according to the same blueprints as Eldorado.
In 2007, the former facilities of Bishop Gorman were purchased by CCSD to house the rising number of freshmen and ease overcrowding at the main campus. Eldorado Preparatory Academy, the name of the temporary ninth grade campus, closed in Spring 2009 when students were rezoned to Sunrise Mountain High School.
Principals
The school's principal is David Wilson, the ninth principal in school history. Niles Bayles was Eldorado's first principal and its longest serving principal, operating the campus from September 1973 until November 1982. Bayles left to take over Valley High School in November 1982 and was replaced by Richard Paulin (1929–2006), who remained until 1990. Gail Dixon (1990–96), Thomas Barberini (1996–2004), Richard Carranza (2004–07), Ron Lustig (2007–10), Danielle Miller (2010–2012) and John Anzalone (2012-2015) also served as the school's administrator.
Sundevil Theater
The campus is home of the Sundevil Theater. The theater has put on many plays, including The Curious Savage, and Carousel to name a few
Extracurricular activities
The Sundevils compete in the Sunrise 4A Region and are classified as a 4A school, the largest classification in Nevada according to the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association.
Wrestling
One of the most successful athletics program at Eldorado has been the wrestling program which has won a total of 12 state championships. The Sundevils were ranked 12th as the High School Scholastic Dynasty Teams of the Last Decade.
Other sports
The school holds at least one state championship in each of the following major sports: American football (1991), boys basketball (1985), baseball (1990) Soccer (2013). Eldorado also holds Nevada state championships in track and field.
Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps
Eldorado High School's Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) Unit, established not long after the school opened, is a part of Naval District 13, and has received multiple awards recognizing the Sundevil Battalion as both an Honor Unit (top 10% of units in the Naval District) and a Chief of Naval Education and Training Command Honor Unit (top 10% of all NJROTC Units) over the years.
Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association State championships
The Merlin Olsen Cleat
Every year, beginning in 1974, Eldorado and Chaparral holds its rivalry game, in which the winner gets possession of a bronzed cleat once owned by former Los Angeles Rams star Merlin Olsen.