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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Eaglecrest High School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
2,851
High
DISTRICT 1,950 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 080291006156
Eaglecrest High School
5100 SOUTH PICADILLY STREET, CENTENNIAL, CO 80015 · (720) 886-1000 · Arapahoe County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,851 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
139 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
1,001 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 666 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 684 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 701 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 800 | 28% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
22.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% 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 Eaglecrest High School
Eaglecrest High School's state test result (22.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eaglecrest High School this school | 2,851 | 35.1% | 22.5% |
| Smoky Hill High School AURORA | 2,297 | 48.6% | 15.6% |
| Vista Ridge High School COLORADO SPRINGS | 1,473 | 37.9% | 33.9% |
| Cherokee Trail High School AURORA | 3,089 | 21.1% | 23.6% |
| Grandview High School AURORA | 2,684 | 30.5% | 46.7% |
| South High School DENVER | 1,950 | 38.6% | 31.8% |
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 Eaglecrest High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #152 of 231 | #10 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,851 | #3 of 409 | #3 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #197 of 250 | #13 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #2 of 250 | #2 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #222 of 320 | #16 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #103 of 108 | #10 of 10 |
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
2,851
-259 (-8%) vs 2020
+70% since 1990-91, when it was 1,673
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 2,851 | 139.3 | 20.5:1 | 35% (1,001) |
| 2023-24 | 2,988 | 155.5 | 19.2:1 | 37% (1,096) |
| 2022-23 | 3,093 | 154.7 | 20.0:1 | 30% (918) |
| 2020-21 | 3,110 | 139 | 22.4:1 | 31% (954) |
| 2017-18 | 2,822 | 144.3 | 19.6:1 | 32% (889) |
| 2015-16 | 2,598 | 129 | 20.1:1 | 32% (819) |
| 2010-11 | 2,376 | 128 | 18.6:1 | 28% (672) |
| 2000-01 | 2,306 | 116 | 19.9:1 | 5% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 1,673 | 111 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eaglecrest High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (2,822 to 2,851); teachers down 4% (144.3 to 139.3).
About Eaglecrest High School
Eaglecrest High School is a high school with a street address in CENTENNIAL, Colorado. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 2,851 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 355% bigger than the 627-student average for high schools in Colorado.
The 70 schools of Cherry Creek School District, including Eaglecrest High School, enroll 52,099 students.
No group is above 50% at Eaglecrest High School; the largest is White, at 43%. The school is also 24% Hispanic, 16% Black, 9% multiracial, and 7% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 59%. The diversity index for Eaglecrest High School is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Eaglecrest High School reports a ratio of 20.5 students per teacher, from 139.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado is 3.5 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Eaglecrest High School, 35% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 50% average for public schools in Arapahoe County is 15 points higher.
Eaglecrest High School is in the bottom 10% of Colorado schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 45.4%. The school's actual rate is 22.5%, 22.9 points lower.
In the wider Arapahoe County area, the median household earns about $101,087 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Eaglecrest High School shares Arapahoe County with 175 other public schools.
Eaglecrest High School is about 0.2 miles from Thunder Ridge Middle School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Eaglecrest High School is behind the 41.7% nearby average, ranking 8th of 8.
For locale, NCES codes Eaglecrest High School as Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 2,851, from 3,110 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.4:1 in 2020-21, and 20.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Cherry Creek School District
- Cherry Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,852 students
- Cherokee Trail High SchoolHigh · 3,089 students
- Grandview High SchoolHigh · 2,684 students
- Smoky Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,297 students
- Overland High SchoolHigh · 2,228 students
- Prairie Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,491 students
Other schools in CENTENNIAL
- Arapahoe High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Newton Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Ford ElementaryElementary · 653 students
- Aspen Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 569 students
- Mountain Vista Elementary SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Creekside Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
Nearby schools
- Thunder Ridge Middle School0.2 mi · 1,106
- Outback Preschool0.4 mi · 81
- Antelope Ridge Elementary School0.7 mi · 549
- Mountain Vista Elementary School0.7 mi · 568
- Timberline Elementary School0.9 mi · 478
- Sky Vista Middle School1.0 mi · 969
Frequently asked questions
About Eaglecrest High SchoolHow many students attend Eaglecrest High School?
Eaglecrest High School enrolls approximately 2,851 students in grades 09-12.
Is Eaglecrest High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eaglecrest High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Eaglecrest High School?
Approximately 20.5:1 students per teacher at Eaglecrest High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eaglecrest High School?
At Eaglecrest High School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 24% Hispanic, 16% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Eaglecrest High School public or private?
Eaglecrest High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cherry Creek School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.