North High School

As a heavily attended four-year high school in DENVER, Colorado, North High School caters to 1,653 students from grades 9 through 12, run under School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. Enrollment runs roughly 164% bigger than the state mean of about 627.

North 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 caters to 90,471 students overall.

Looking at the student body, North High School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment; the rest reads as 22% White, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Denver County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 95 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 28.8%; this one comes in at 15.9%, -12.8 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Denver County indicate median household income runs about $94,718, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. North High School is one of 206 public schools in Denver County (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students).

North High School Engagement Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.6%.

North High School operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 48%: 1,115 students in 2018 compared to 1,653 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 12% to 22% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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