Riverdale Ridge High School

Riverdale Ridge High School operates as a sprawling four-year high school in THORNTON, Colorado, one of the schools within School District 27J. Current enrollment sits at 1,784 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Riverdale Ridge High School sits 185% larger than that benchmark.

School District 27J runs 33 schools in total, collectively educating 24,044 students. Riverdale Ridge High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Riverdale Ridge High School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 42% White, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Adams County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Riverdale Ridge High School has 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.7:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Adams County (around 62%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Riverdale Ridge High School is in the bottom 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 42.9%; Riverdale Ridge High School posts 14.1%, -28.9 points below that line.

Around the school, Adams County reports that the typical household earns roughly $94,571 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Riverdale Ridge High School is one of 171 public schools in Adams County (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students).

The closest other public school is Rodger Quist Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Riverdale Ridge High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.