Glenwood Springs High School

Located at 1521 GRAND AVENUE, in GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado, Glenwood Springs High School is a substantial high school that works with 1,032 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Glenwood Springs High School sits 65% larger than that benchmark.

Within Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1, which oversees 14 schools and 5,839 students, Glenwood Springs High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Glenwood Springs High School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school reports 38% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Garfield County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.5:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Glenwood Springs High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.6%.

Across the wider county, Garfield County reports that median household earnings sit near $91,131, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Garfield County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,790 students), of which Glenwood Springs High School is one.

The closest other public school is Glenwood Springs Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Glenwood Springs High School. On composite proficiency, Glenwood Springs High School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 33.5%.

Glenwood Springs High School operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Glenwood Springs High School's enrollment has edged up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 948 (now 1,032). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 44% to 58%.

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