Coal Ridge High School

Coal Ridge High School, a mid-sized 9-12 campus in NEW CASTLE, Colorado, operated by Garfield School District No. Re-2, serves 578 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Coal Ridge High School is one of 10 schools operated by Garfield School District No. Re-2, a district that hosts 4,695 students overall.

Demographically, Coal Ridge High School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 48% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Garfield County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting Coal Ridge High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Garfield County's rate of about 50%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Coal Ridge High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 42.4%; this one comes in at 27.8%, -14.6 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Garfield County indicate median household earnings sit near $91,131, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Garfield County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,790 students), Coal Ridge High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cactus Valley Elementary School, roughly 2.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Coal Ridge High School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 26.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Coal Ridge High School's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 562 (now 578). Hispanic enrollment moved from 44% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 in 2025.

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