Red Hawk Ridge Elementary School

Set in CENTENNIAL, Colorado, Red Hawk Ridge Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary school, overseen by Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah. It serves 518 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 37% bigger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Within Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah, which oversees 70 schools and 52,099 students, Red Hawk Ridge Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Red Hawk Ridge Elementary School records that 36% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 26% White, 16% Black, 15% multiracial, 7% Asian. By comparison, Arapahoe County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Red Hawk Ridge Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Red Hawk Ridge Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.7%, the actual is 33.8%, a residual of +2.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Arapahoe County put the typical household earns roughly $101,087 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Arapahoe County's 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), Red Hawk Ridge Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Cherry Creek Elevation is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Red Hawk Ridge Elementary School comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 53.2%.

Red Hawk Ridge Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Red Hawk Ridge Elementary School has shrank 20%, going from 651 students in 2018 to 518 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 42% to 26% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.