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Enrollment
1,406
High
DISTRICT 1,265 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE 1·NCES 080345001341
Ponderosa High School
7007 EAST BAYOU GULCH ROAD, PARKER, CO 80134 · (303) 387-4000 · Douglas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL1,406 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
222 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 350 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 346 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 336 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 374 | 27% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ponderosa High School
Ponderosa High School's state test result (36.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ponderosa High School this school | 1,406 | 15.8% | 36.4% |
| Arapahoe High School CENTENNIAL | 1,748 | 16.8% | 60.3% |
| Castle View High School CASTLE ROCK | 1,938 | 17.8% | 32.6% |
| Timnath Middle-High School TIMNATH | 1,456 | 19.4% | 46.3% |
| Steamboat Springs High School STEAMBOAT SPRINGS | 871 | 18.1% | N/A |
| Windsor High School WINDSOR | 1,094 | 19.2% | 26.2% |
Matched among Colorado high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ponderosa High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #72 of 231 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,406 | #64 of 409 | #8 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #196 of 250 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #190 of 250 | #10 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.8% | #306 of 320 | #8 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #82 of 108 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,406
-30 (-2%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 1,000
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 17.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,406 | 69.1 | 20.3:1 | 16% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 1,424 | 76.8 | 18.5:1 | 13% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 1,402 | 76.3 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 1,436 | 81 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,349 | 66 | 20.4:1 | 11% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 1,237 | 61 | 20.3:1 | 7% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 1,429 | 69 | 20.7:1 | 9% (124) |
| 2000-01 | 1,603 | 96 | 16.7:1 | 0% (6) |
| 1990-91 | 1,000 | 67 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ponderosa High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (1,349 to 1,406); teachers up 5% (66 to 69.1).
About Ponderosa High School
Ponderosa High School runs as a high-enrollment high school in PARKER, Colorado. It had 1,406 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. High schools in Colorado have about 627 students on average; enrollment here is 124% higher.
Douglas County School District No. Re 1 has a total of 89 schools and 61,550 students, Ponderosa High School among them.
The largest group at Ponderosa High School is White students, at 77%. Enrollment also includes 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. Douglas County residents are about 80% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Ponderosa High School is 38%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 69.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 20.3 students per teacher. The average for high schools in Colorado is 16.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 16% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is in line with the 18% average for public schools in Douglas County.
Ponderosa High School falls short of its prediction by 20.8 points. The model expects 57.1% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Colorado; the school's rate is 36.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Douglas County show that the median household earns about $149,594 a year, about 62% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Across Douglas County, 92 public schools serve about 63,841 students.
Sagewood Middle School is the nearest public school to Ponderosa High School, about 0.9 miles away. Ponderosa High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 36.4% average proficiency ranks 8th among 8 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe.
Ponderosa High School had 1,436 students in 2020-21 and 1,406 in 2024-25, nearly the same. Federal data show the ratio rising from 17.7:1 to 20.3:1.
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
377,150
Census ACS
Median income
$149,594
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
63,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas County School District No. Re 1
- American AcademyElementary · 2,803 students
- Rock Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,325 students
- Legend High SchoolHigh · 2,206 students
- Mountain Vista High SchoolHigh · 2,169 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,007 students
- Castle View High SchoolHigh · 1,938 students
Other schools in PARKER
- Legend High SchoolHigh · 2,206 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,007 students
- Leman Classical AcademyElementary · 1,390 students
- Cimarron MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Sagewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 816 students
- Sierra Middle SchoolMiddle · 805 students
Other Ponderosa High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Ponderosa High. Ponderosa High School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Ponderosa HighShingle Springs, CA · 1,675 students
- Ponderosa High SchoolFlagstaff, AZ · 85 students
Nearby schools
- Sagewood Middle School0.9 mi · 816
- Northeast Elementary School1.6 mi · 329
- Mountain View Elementary School1.9 mi · 324
- Leman Classical Academy2.9 mi · 1,390
- Franktown Elementary School3.7 mi · 354
- Legacy Point Elementary School3.8 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Ponderosa High SchoolHow many students attend Ponderosa High School?
Ponderosa High School enrolls approximately 1,406 students in grades 09-12.
Is Ponderosa High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ponderosa High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Ponderosa High School have?
Ponderosa High School employs 69 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.3:1.
How diverse is Ponderosa High School?
Ponderosa High School reports a student body of 77% White, 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Ponderosa High School?
Ponderosa High School is overseen by Douglas County School District No. Re 1 in Douglas County.
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