Grandview High School

Grandview High School is a sprawling four-year high school in AURORA, Colorado, run under Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah. The school caters to 2,684 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 328% above the state mean of about 627.

Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah runs 70 schools in total, collectively educating 52,099 students. Grandview High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Grandview High School shows that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 9% Black, 8% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the resource side, Grandview High School logs 136 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. Roughly 31% of students at Grandview High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Arapahoe County's rate of about 50%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Grandview High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Arapahoe County indicate median household earnings sit near $101,087, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Arapahoe County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), of which Grandview High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Liberty Middle School, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grandview High School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 48.0%.

Grandview High School operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Grandview High School's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 2,773 (now 2,684). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 57% to 50%.

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