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What's the biggest difference between Rampart High School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,305
High
DISTRICT 983 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADEMY DISTRICT 20·NCES 080192001321
Rampart High School
8250 LEXINGTON DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80920 · (719) 234-2000 · El Paso County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,305 STUDENTS
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Not graded
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
16.8:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
410 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 339 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 296 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 333 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 337 | 26% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Rampart High School
Rampart High School's state test result (44.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rampart High School this school | 1,305 | 31.4% | 44.7% |
| Standley Lake High School WESTMINSTER | 1,123 | 32.7% | 30.4% |
| Silver Creek High School LONGMONT | 1,208 | 27.0% | 33.9% |
| Highlands Ranch High School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 1,323 | 23.7% | 39.2% |
| Columbine High School LITTLETON | 1,710 | 29.7% | 26.5% |
| Niwot High School NIWOT | 1,509 | 25.6% | 51.0% |
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 Rampart High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #43 of 231 | #7 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,305 | #74 of 409 | #8 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #107 of 250 | #13 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #48 of 250 | #16 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.4% | #241 of 320 | #27 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.0% | #32 of 139 | #6 of 19 |
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
1,305
-214 (-14%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 1,157
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 1,305 | 77.7 | 16.8:1 | 31% (410) |
| 2023-24 | 1,342 | 84.4 | 15.9:1 | 29% (389) |
| 2022-23 | 1,454 | 86.4 | 16.8:1 | 17% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 1,519 | 88 | 17.3:1 | 21% (323) |
| 2017-18 | 1,718 | 94.9 | 18.1:1 | 15% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 1,646 | 91 | 18.1:1 | 16% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 1,584 | 92 | 17.2:1 | 12% (186) |
| 2000-01 | 1,490 | 80 | 18.6:1 | 4% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 1,157 | 64 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rampart High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (1,718 to 1,305); teachers down 18% (94.9 to 77.7).
About Rampart High School
Rampart High School, located in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, is a large high school. Its enrollment is 1,305 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. High schools in Colorado average about 627 students, which makes this school 108% larger than average.
Academy District 20 has a total of 39 schools and 25,607 students, Rampart High School among them.
The share of White students at Rampart High School is 60%, a majority. Smaller groups are 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. For comparison, the population of El Paso County is roughly 70% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 77.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, Rampart High School has a ratio of 16.8:1. The average for high schools in Colorado is about 16.9:1. Income data for the school show 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in El Paso County, the average is 42%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Rampart High School, the prediction is 47.7% and the result is 44.7%.
In El Paso County, the median household earns about $90,363 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. El Paso County has 245 public schools with about 114,356 students, including Rampart High School.
New Summit Charter Academy is about 0.4 miles from Rampart High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Rampart High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Rampart High School ranks 4th on proficiency.
Rampart High School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 14%, from 1,519 to 1,305.
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El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,999
Census ACS
Median income
$90,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
114,356 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Academy District 20
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Air Academy High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Chinook Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,075 students
- Discovery Canyon Campus High SchoolHigh · 1,021 students
Other schools in COLORADO SPRINGS
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
Nearby schools
- New Summit Charter Academy0.4 mi · 628
- Academy Endeavour Elementary School0.6 mi · 347
- High Plains Elementary School0.6 mi · 248
- Frontier Elementary School0.9 mi · 262
- Academy International Elementary School1.0 mi · 368
- Aspen Valley High School1.0 mi · 90
Frequently asked questions
About Rampart High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rampart High School?
Rampart High School enrolls approximately 1,305 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Rampart High School serve?
Rampart High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rampart High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rampart High School is approximately 16.8:1 (78 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rampart High School?
At Rampart High School, the student body is approximately 60% White, 23% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Rampart High School?
Rampart High School is overseen by Academy District 20 in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.