Mountain Ridge Middle School

Mountain Ridge Middle School operates as a roomy 6-8 campus in HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colorado, operated by Douglas County School District No. Re 1. Current enrollment sits at 752 students spanning grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 63% bigger than the state mean of about 462.

Within Douglas County School District No. Re 1, which oversees 89 schools and 61,550 students, Mountain Ridge Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Mountain Ridge Middle School reports that 76% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Mountain Ridge Middle School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Mountain Ridge Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.9%; this one delivers 61.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Douglas County shows median household earnings sit near $149,594, 62% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Douglas County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,841 students), Mountain Ridge Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Mountain Vista High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mountain Ridge Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 65.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mountain Ridge Middle School has edged down 35%, going from 1,151 students in 2018 to 752 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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