Enrollment
200
High
DISTRICT 196 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GILPIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-1·NCES 080423001298
Gilpin County Undivided High School
10595 HIGHWAY 119, BLACK HAWK, CO 80403 · (303) 582-3444 · Gilpin County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL200 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Colorado public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
76 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 32 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 36 | 18% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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 Gilpin County School District No. Re-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
48.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
38.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +9.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.7% | 38.2% |
| 2023-24 | 45.7% | 28.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Gilpin County Undivided High School
Gilpin County Undivided High School's state test result (40.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilpin County Undivided High School this school | 200 | 38.0% | 40.2% |
| Meeker High School MEEKER | 224 | 37.9% | 64.9% |
| Nederland Middle-Senior High School NEDERLAND | 235 | 38.3% | 43.1% |
| Rangely Junior/Senior High School RANGELY | 249 | 42.2% | 24.6% |
| Elbert Junior-Senior High School ELBERT | 136 | 35.3% | 19.6% |
| Hayden High School HAYDEN | 119 | 38.7% | 18.9% |
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 Gilpin County Undivided High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #56 of 231 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #10 of 54 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #18 of 57 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 200 | #250 of 409 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #17 of 250 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.6% | #205 of 250 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.0% | #209 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #42 of 139 |
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
200
-41 (-17%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 156
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 200 | 17 | 11.8:1 | 38% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 204 | 17.8 | 11.4:1 | 34% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 209 | 17.8 | 11.7:1 | 27% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 241 | 15 | 16.1:1 | 19% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 246 | 16.5 | 14.9:1 | 32% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 209 | 14 | 14.9:1 | 25% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 155 | 14 | 11.1:1 | 30% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 224 | 17 | 13.2:1 | 10% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 156 | 13 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gilpin County Undivided High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (246 to 200); teachers up 3% (16.5 to 17).
About Gilpin County Undivided High School
Gilpin County Undivided High School is a very small high school. Its address is in BLACK HAWK, Colorado. Enrollment totals 200 students across grades 6 through 12. On average, high schools in Colorado enroll around 627, and this school is 68% below that mark.
Gilpin County Undivided High School is a school in Gilpin County School District No. Re-1. The district has 2 schools and 392 students.
Federal enrollment data show Gilpin County Undivided High School is 79% White. The remaining shares are 11% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. Gilpin County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school's share is lower. A diversity index of 36% means there is a 36% chance two randomly chosen students at Gilpin County Undivided High School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gilpin County Undivided High School is 11.8:1, based on 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Colorado is 16.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Gilpin County Undivided High School counts 38% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Gilpin County Undivided High School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 72% of Colorado public high schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Gilpin County Undivided High School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.2%; the prediction is 43.7%.
In the surrounding county, Gilpin County, the median household earns about $95,361 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Gilpin County Undivided High School, Gilpin County has 2 public schools.
Gilpin County Elementary School is the nearest public school to Gilpin County Undivided High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within ten miles number 5. Gilpin County Undivided High School comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment fell by 17% across 4 years, from 241 in 2020-21 to 200 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.1:1 to 11.8:1.
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Gilpin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,901
Census ACS
Median income
$95,361
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2
392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gilpin County School District No. Re-1
- Gilpin County Elementary SchoolElementary · 192 students
Other schools in BLACK HAWK
- Gilpin County Elementary SchoolElementary · 192 students
Nearby schools
- Gilpin County Elementary School0.0 mi · 192
- Carlson Elementary School6.5 mi · 144
- Nederland Middle-Senior High School8.3 mi · 235
- Nederland Elementary School9.4 mi · 196
- Jefferson Academy Coal Creek Canyon9.9 mi · 59
- Clear Creek High School10.2 mi · 182
Frequently asked questions
About Gilpin County Undivided High SchoolHow large is Gilpin County Undivided High School?
Gilpin County Undivided High School enrolls approximately 200 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Gilpin County Undivided High School serve?
Gilpin County Undivided High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Gilpin County Undivided High School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Gilpin County Undivided High School.
What is the student diversity at Gilpin County Undivided High School?
Student demographics at Gilpin County Undivided High School are roughly 79% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Two or more.
Is Gilpin County Undivided High School public or private?
Gilpin County Undivided High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gilpin County School District No. Re-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.