Enrollment
153
High
DISTRICT 164 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEER TRAIL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 26J·NCES 080327000288
Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School
130 2ND AVENUE, DEER TRAIL, CO 80105 · (303) 769-4421 · Arapahoe County
GRADES 06–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL153 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 4% of Colorado public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
69 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 6 | 31 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 24 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 15 | 10% |
| Grade 11 | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 12 | 21 | 14% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Deer Trail School District No. 26J. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
21.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +14.9pp since 2023
Math
16.9%
CO avg 36.1%
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.7% | 16.9% |
| 2023-24 | 6.8% | N/A |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% 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 Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School
Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School's state test result (17.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School this school | 153 | 45.1% | 17.7% |
| Del Norte High Jr./Sr. High School DEL NORTE | 173 | 51.4% | 34.8% |
| Crowley County Junior and Senior High School ORDWAY | 156 | 51.9% | N/A |
| Ignacio High School IGNACIO | 182 | 47.8% | 28.3% |
| Centauri High School LA JARA | 301 | 50.5% | N/A |
| Roaring Fork High School CARBONDALE | 472 | 43.0% | 30.4% |
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 Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #175 of 231 | #11 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #35 of 54 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #46 of 57 ▲ 9 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 153 | #285 of 409 | #22 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #175 of 320 | #14 of 22 |
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
153
+38 (+33%) vs 2020
+122% since 1990-91, when it was 69
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 153 | 12.3 | 12.4:1 | 45% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 149 | 11.7 | 12.8:1 | 56% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 150 | 8.3 | 18.2:1 | 46% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 115 | 12 | 9.6:1 | 42% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 94 | 8.8 | 10.7:1 | 52% (49) |
| 2015-16 | 92 | 6 | 15.3:1 | 49% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 89 | 12 | 7.4:1 | 35% (31) |
| 2000-01 | 87 | 11 | 7.9:1 | 11% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 69 | 10 | 6.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 63% (94 to 153); teachers up 40% (8.8 to 12.3).
About Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School
Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School is a small high school with its address in DEER TRAIL, Colorado. It enrolled 153 students in grades 6 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 76% lower than the average for high schools in Colorado, which is about 627.
Deer Trail School District No. 26J is the district for Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School. It has 2 schools and 327 students.
By race and ethnicity, Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School is 53% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 39% White and 5% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Arapahoe County's population at about 22%. The chance that two students picked at random at Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
Federal staffing data show 12.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School and a ratio of 12.4:1. The average ratio among high schools in Colorado is 16.9:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 45% of enrollment.
Measured against Colorado public high schools, Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School ranks in the bottom 10% of Colorado schools. It scores 17.7%; the prediction is 39.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Arapahoe County show that median household income is about $101,087, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School is one of 176 public schools in Arapahoe County, which together enroll about 115,502 students.
The nearest other public school, Deer Trail Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile away.
Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School has an NCES locale of Rural: Remote.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 115 to 153. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.4:1) than in 2020-21 (9.6:1).
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Arapahoe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
659,844
Census ACS
Median income
$101,087
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
115,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Deer Trail School District No. 26J
- Deer Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · 174 students
Nearby schools
- Deer Trail Elementary School0.0 mi · 174
- Agate Junior Senior High School11.4 mi · 32
- Agate Elementary School11.4 mi · 53
- Astravo Online Academy High School11.6 mi · 2,750
- Byers Junior-Senior High School11.6 mi · 235
- Colorado Virtual Academy11.6 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About Deer Trail Junior-Senior High SchoolHow many students attend Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School?
Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School enrolls approximately 153 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School serve?
Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School have?
Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School?
At Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School, the student body is approximately 39% White, 53% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School public or private?
Deer Trail Junior-Senior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Deer Trail School District No. 26J.
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