Rocky Mountain Youth Services Center

Rocky Mountain Youth Services Center is a four-year high school of minimally staffed scale in DENVER, Colorado, run under Jefferson County School District No. R-1, enrolling 13 students in grades 5 through 12. That puts it 98% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 627 students.

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 runs 148 schools in total, collectively educating 74,935 students. Rocky Mountain Youth Services Center is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Rocky Mountain Youth Services Center reports that 38% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 23% Black, 23% multiracial, 15% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 2.9:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Jefferson County shows median household earnings sit near $110,656, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), Rocky Mountain Youth Services Center is one campus in the mix.

Addenbrooke Classical Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 62%: 34 students in 2018 compared to 13 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 41% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 8.5:1 in 2018 to 2.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.