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. The school site includes a College of Southern Nevada (CSN) High Tech Center and an adjacent Parks and Recreation facility. 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 Notable alumni Elle McLemore - Broadway Actress Arianny Celeste – Model and UFC Octagon Girl Saalim Hakim – American football player Cassie Jaye – Actress and filmmaker Brandon Kintzler – Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs Gerard Lawson – Retired NFL player, formerly with the Philadelphia Eagles Cody Miller – Team USA Olympic swimmer Erica Sullivan – Team USA Olympic swimmer Matt Polster – Footballer, Victoria Highlanders, Chicago Fire, Rangers F.C., United States U23, United States Brittany Martin Porter – television producer Ryan Reeves – WWE professional wrestler, known as Ryback Brendon Urie – Lead singer of Panic! at the Disco Jessie Vargas – Professional boxer Brent Wilson (musician) - Former bassist of Panic! at the Disco Justin Burger (Socialite) - Paris Hilton's Cousin and Kyle Richards Nephew References External links Palo Verde High School Clark County School District Clark County School District Educational institutions established in 1996 High schools in Las Vegas School buildings completed in 1996 Public high schools in Nevada 1996 establishments in Nevada