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What's one thing Columbine High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,710
High
DISTRICT 847 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000707
Columbine High School
6201 SOUTH PIERCE STREET, LITTLETON, CO 80123 · (303) 982-4400 · Jefferson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,710 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
508 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 415 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 423 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 452 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 420 | 25% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Columbine High School
Columbine High School's state test result (26.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbine High School this school | 1,710 | 29.7% | 26.5% |
| Centaurus High School LAFAYETTE | 1,557 | 30.8% | 59.8% |
| Boulder High School BOULDER | 1,939 | 34.5% | 58.7% |
| Broomfield High School BROOMFIELD | 1,693 | 24.7% | 48.4% |
| Arvada West High School ARVADA | 1,923 | 28.4% | 38.7% |
| Douglas County High School CASTLE ROCK | 1,659 | 23.7% | 42.2% |
Matched among Colorado high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Columbine High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #137 of 231 | #14 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,710 | #44 of 409 | #5 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #204 of 250 | #17 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #98 of 250 | #10 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.7% | #250 of 320 | #12 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #101 of 108 | #7 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,710
-22 (-1%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 1,576
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 20.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,710 | 82.5 | 20.7:1 | 30% (508) |
| 2023-24 | 1,667 | 85.8 | 19.4:1 | 28% (472) |
| 2022-23 | 1,686 | 86.7 | 19.5:1 | 26% (444) |
| 2020-21 | 1,732 | 86 | 20.1:1 | 22% (387) |
| 2017-18 | 1,691 | 84.9 | 19.9:1 | 20% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 1,664 | 86 | 19.4:1 | 20% (332) |
| 2010-11 | 1,622 | 83 | 19.5:1 | 18% (297) |
| 2000-01 | 1,881 | 90 | 20.9:1 | 3% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 1,576 | 71 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbine High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,691 to 1,710); teachers down 3% (84.9 to 82.5).
About Columbine High School
Columbine High School is a high-enrollment high school in LITTLETON, Colorado. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,710 students. By comparison, high schools in Colorado enroll about 627 students on average.
The district, Jefferson County School District No. R-1, has 74,935 students enrolled across 148 schools.
More than half of the students at Columbine High School are White (64%). Next come 26% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 80% White among all Jefferson County residents. The diversity index for Columbine High School is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 82.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 20.7 students per teacher. The gap from the 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado is 3.8 students per teacher. Roughly 30% of students at Columbine High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Jefferson County is similar, at 32%.
Columbine High School falls short of its prediction by 22.2 points. The model expects 48.7% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Colorado; the school's rate is 26.5%.
The school's county is Jefferson County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $110,656, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 168 public schools in the county, enrolling about 74,739, Columbine High School among them.
Leawood Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Columbine High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.4%; Columbine High School's is 26.5%, ranking 8th of 9.
The federal government classifies Columbine High School's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,710, close to the 1,732 recorded in 2020-21.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,377
Census ACS
Median income
$110,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
74,739 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1
- Arvada West High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Chatfield High SchoolHigh · 1,808 students
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,735 students
- Golden High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
- Bear Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,344 students
Other schools in LITTLETON
- Chatfield High SchoolHigh · 1,808 students
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Dakota Ridge Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,277 students
- Littleton High SchoolHigh · 1,187 students
- Rocky Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,129 students
- Summit Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
Nearby schools
- Leawood Elementary School0.5 mi · 321
- Normandy Elementary School0.9 mi · 262
- Blue Heron Elementary School0.9 mi · 325
- Grant Ranch ECE-8 School1.1 mi · 334
- Dutch Creek Elementary School1.2 mi · 286
- Ken Caryl Middle School1.5 mi · 725
Frequently asked questions
About Columbine High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Columbine High School?
Columbine High School enrolls approximately 1,710 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Columbine High School serve?
Columbine High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Columbine High School?
Approximately 20.7:1 students per teacher at Columbine High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Columbine High School?
At Columbine High School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 26% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Columbine High School?
Columbine High School is overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1 in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.