Golden High School

Set in GOLDEN, Colorado, Golden High School is a big 9-12 campus, part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1. It educates 1,469 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 134% above the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 627 students.

Within Jefferson County School District No. R-1, which oversees 148 schools and 74,935 students, Golden High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Golden High School shows that White students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Golden High School reports 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.4:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Golden High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 53.4%; actual is 40.9%, a gap of -12.5 points.

Around the school, census data for Jefferson County shows median household income runs about $110,656, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Golden High School is one of 168 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students).

Nearest neighbor: Connections Learning Center on the Earle Johnson Campus, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Golden High School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.1%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Golden High School's enrollment has expanded 11% since 2018, when it stood at 1,327 (now 1,469).

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