Eaglecrest High School

Set in CENTENNIAL, Colorado, Eaglecrest High School is a well-populated high school, one of the schools within Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah. It teaches 2,851 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Eaglecrest High School sits 355% bigger than that benchmark.

Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah comprises 70 schools with combined enrollment of 52,099 students; Eaglecrest High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Eaglecrest High School records that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 24% Hispanic, 16% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% Asian. By comparison, Arapahoe County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Eaglecrest High School has 139 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.5:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 35% of students at Eaglecrest High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Arapahoe County (around 50%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Eaglecrest High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 45.4%; actual is 22.5%, a gap of -22.9 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Arapahoe County put median household earnings sit near $101,087, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Arapahoe County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), of which Eaglecrest High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Thunder Ridge Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Eaglecrest High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eaglecrest High School has held roughly steady, going from 2,822 students in 2018 to 2,851 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 50% to 43% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.