Arvada West High School

Arvada West High School is a well-populated four-year high school in ARVADA, Colorado, one of the schools within Jefferson County School District No. R-1. The school educates 1,923 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Arvada West High School sits 207% larger than that benchmark.

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 runs 148 schools in total, collectively educating 74,935 students. Arvada West High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Arvada West High School records that White students make up the majority at 71%. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Arvada West High School has 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Arvada West High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.5%, the actual is 38.7%, a residual of -10.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household earnings sit near $110,656, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), Arvada West High School is one campus in the mix.

Fremont Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Arvada West High School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Arvada West High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Arvada West High School's enrollment has edged up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,768 (now 1,923). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.