Arvada High School

Arvada High School is one of the reasonably sized four-year high schools in ARVADA, Colorado, overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1, with 754 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Arvada High School sits 20% above that benchmark.

Arvada High School is one of 148 schools operated by Jefferson County School District No. R-1, a district that serves 74,935 students overall.

On demographics, Arvada High School reports that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 28% White, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Jefferson County (around 32%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Arvada High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 11.7%.

In the area at large, Jefferson County reports that median household earnings sit near $110,656, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Jefferson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), of which Arvada High School is one.

Secrest Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Arvada High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 31.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arvada High School has shrank 8%, going from 822 students in 2018 to 754 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 45% to 62% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

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