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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-2·NCES 080624001097

Rifle High School

1350 PREFONTAINE AVE, RIFLE, CO 81650 · (970) 665-7725 · Garfield County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL778 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

Enrollment
778
High
DISTRICT 678 · STATE 627
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
377 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 920727%
Grade 1022128%
Grade 1116721%
Grade 1218324%
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
28837%
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 49% · US 43%
Hispanic
46960%
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 37% · US 30%
Black
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
30%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
152%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
39751%
Female
38149%

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BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
11.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% 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 Rifle High School

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Rifle High School this school77848.5%11.5%
Battle Mountain High School
EDWARDS
91647.2%N/A
Glenwood Springs High School
GLENWOOD SPRINGS
1,03246.6%27.6%
Weld Central Senior High School
KEENESBURG
65149.2%N/A
Basalt High School
BASALT
41447.3%N/A
Fort Morgan High School
FORT MORGAN
94550.3%N/A
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 Rifle High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn ColoradoIn Garfield County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
11.5%#205 of 231N/A
Enrollment
ranked largest first
778#127 of 409#2 of 7
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
20.1:1#188 of 250N/A
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
49.9%#114 of 250N/A
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
48.5%#159 of 320#2 of 6
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+1.8%#97 of 108N/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 2024-25
Enrollment
778
+21 (+3%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 547
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 20.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2577838.620.1:148% (377)
2023-2483941.320.3:132% (272)
2022-2379146.517.0:135% (279)
2020-217573720.5:140% (305)
2017-1876442.917.8:140% (306)
2015-167344317.1:146% (339)
2010-116303717.0:139% (246)
2000-018624618.7:113% (111)
1990-915473018.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rifle High School.

Since 2017-18: students up 2% (764 to 778); teachers down 10% (42.9 to 38.6).

About Rifle High School

Among the schools in RIFLE, Colorado, is Rifle High School, a mid-sized high school. The school teaches grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 778 students. That is 24% bigger than the average of about 627 students for high schools in Colorado.

The Garfield School District No. Re-2 system has 10 schools and 4,695 students.

At Rifle High School, 60% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 37% White. That is higher than the 33% Hispanic share among all Garfield County residents. The diversity index for Rifle High School is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

A staff of 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 20.1:1. Compared with the 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Garfield County is similar, at 50%.

The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Rifle High School is -25.8 points, in the bottom 10% of Colorado. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 11.5%, and the predicted rate is 37.3%.

In Garfield County, median household income comes to about $91,131, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 29, with about 10,790 students.

The closest school to Rifle High School is Rifle Middle School, located about 0.5 miles away. Rifle High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Local comparison: Rifle High School ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 11.5% versus a 23.7% average.

The school's federal locale classification is Town: Remote.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 778, compared with 757 in 2020-21.

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Garfield County at a glance

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Population
62,479
Census ACS
Median income
$91,131
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,790 students

Quick facts

School name
Rifle High School
District
Garfield School District No. Re-2
Address
1350 PREFONTAINE AVE, RIFLE, CO 81650
Phone
(970) 665-7725
County
Garfield County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
778
Teachers (FTE)
39
Student–teacher ratio
20.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
377 (48%)
Locale
33-Town: Remote
NCES ID
080624001097
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Garfield School District No. Re-2
Other schools in RIFLE
Nearby schools

Frequently asked questions

About Rifle High School
What is the total enrollment at Rifle High School?
Rifle High School enrolls approximately 778 students in grades 09-12.
Is Rifle High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rifle High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Rifle High School have?
Rifle High School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Rifle High School?
Student demographics at Rifle High School are roughly 37% White, 60% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Rifle High School in?
Rifle High School is part of Garfield School District No. Re-2.
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