Montbello High School

Set in DENVER, Colorado, Montbello High School is a sprawling 9-12 campus, operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. It works with 1,112 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 627 students per school, that is 77% bigger than typical.

Montbello High School is one of 198 schools operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, a district that works with 90,471 students overall.

Demographically, Montbello High School lists that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Black, 4% Pacific Islander, 2% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting Montbello High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Denver County's rate of about 63%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Montbello High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 14.0%, the actual is 4.7%, a residual of -9.4 points.

In the broader community, census data for Denver County shows the typical household earns roughly $94,718 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Denver County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), of which Montbello High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Maxwell Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Montbello High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 12.5%.

Montbello High School operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Montbello High School has increased 19%, going from 932 students in 2018 to 1,112 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 81% to 74% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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