Green Mountain High School

Green Mountain High School is one of the well-populated high schools in LAKEWOOD, Colorado, overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1, with 1,071 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 627 students per school, that is 71% bigger than typical.

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 comprises 148 schools with combined enrollment of 74,935 students; Green Mountain High School is among them.

Demographically, Green Mountain High School lists that White students make up the majority at 72%; the rest is composed of 20% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting Green Mountain High School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Green Mountain High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.3%, the actual is 43.3%, a residual of -9.0 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household income runs about $110,656, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Jefferson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), Green Mountain High School is one campus in the mix.

Devinny Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Green Mountain High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Green Mountain High School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 52.2%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Green Mountain High School's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,108 (now 1,071). Class-load math has widened: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.