Rancho High School is a zoned, and magnet high school located at 1900 Searles Avenue in North Las Vegas, Nevada. It is part of the Clark County School District. Opened in 1953, Rancho High School was the 3rd public high school founded in the Las Vegas VAlley, after Las Vegas High School, (1905) and Basic High School (1942).

The oldest tradition in Nevada High School football is the Bone Game between Rancho High School Rams and the Las Vegas High School Wildcats

Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association State Championship

• Baseball – 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1976, 2010, 2011, 2014
• Football – 1960, 1961, 1962, 1988
• Volleyball (Girls) – 1985, 1986
• Basketball (Boys) - 1961, 1973, 1977, 1986,1992
• Soccer (boys)- 1980,1981,1982,1995, 1998

 

The very first Rancho Cheerleaders in 1953.

 

Notable Alumni

• Greg Anthony – former UNLV and NBA basketball player and former CBS Sports analyst^[1]
• Marty Barrett, Former MLB player (Boston Red Sox, San Diego Padres)
• Tom Barrett – former MLB infielder (Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies)^[2]
• Alan Burd - Clark County, Nevada's Dusty the Dusthole^[3]
• Lionel Hollins – former NBA player and current coach of the Brooklyn Nets^[4]
• Ken Jordan – musician (The Crystal Method)^[5]
• Ruben Kihuen – politician
• Joe Lombardo – politician and 17th Sheriff of Clark County^[6]
• Mike Maddux – former major league baseball pitcher and current pitching coach for the Texas Rangers^[2]
• Ne-Yo – R&B singer^[7]
• Mike Pritchard - former NFL wide receiver^[8]
• John Welch - Assistant coach for the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA^[9]

Rancho Today

The old campus was torn down in June 2006 after over 50 years of being the main location for the school. In July 2006 construction of a new 75 million dollar (overbudgeted to over 100 million), indoor, mall-style school was completed and the students moved in. It was erected on the site of the old football field. After the campus was completed, construction began on a new artificial turf football field and track. Construction was completed in 2007.

Rancho High School is ranked 15th within Nevada. Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® course work and exams. The AP® participation rate at Rancho High School is 35 percent. The student body makeup is 52 percent male and 48 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 89 percent. Rancho High School is 1 of 67 high schools in the Clark County School District.

Rancho High School offers many different sports, including volleyball, baseball, football, cross-country, swimming, tennis, golf, soccer, wrestling, bowling, cheerleading and dance, and has many traditions that go along with each individual sport.

(Information was taken from Wikipedia)