D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School

Located at 10359 W NASSAU AVENUE, in DENVER, Colorado, D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School is a substantial 9-12 campus that enrolls 1,212 students (grades 6 through 12), run under Jefferson County School District No. R-1. Enrollment runs roughly 93% larger than the state mean of about 627.

D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School is one of 148 schools operated by Jefferson County School District No. R-1, a district that works with 74,935 students overall.

Demographically, D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School reports that 62% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 16% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School sits in the top 10% of Colorado schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 58.9%; actual is 73.9%, +15.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Jefferson County shows the typical household earns roughly $110,656 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School is one of 168 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students).

The closest other public school is Rocky Mountain Deaf School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School has expanded 18%, going from 1,026 students in 2018 to 1,212 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 62% across the same window.

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