DSST: Montview High School

DSST: Montview High School is a mid-sized high school in DENVER, Colorado, run under School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. The school educates 562 students in grades 9 through 12.

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C comprises 198 schools with combined enrollment of 90,471 students; DSST: Montview High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, DSST: Montview High School lists that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 38% Black, 13% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Denver County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, DSST: Montview High School records 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting DSST: Montview High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 70% of students at DSST: Montview High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, DSST: Montview High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Denver County) shows that median household earnings sit near $94,718, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Denver County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), of which DSST: Montview High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: DSST: Montview Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DSST: Montview High School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.5%.

DSST: Montview High School operates from a downtown location. As a public charter, DSST: Montview High School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 576 students in 2018 compared to 562 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 28% to 13% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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