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Enrollment
472
High
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROARING FORK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-1·NCES 080426000590
Roaring Fork High School
2270 HIGHWAY 133, CARBONDALE, CO 81623 · (970) 384-5757 · Garfield County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 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
17.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
203 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 126 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 124 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 113 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 109 | 23% |
Student demographics
55%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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Roaring Fork High School
Roaring Fork High School's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roaring Fork High School this school | 472 | 43.0% | 30.4% |
| Coal Ridge High School NEW CASTLE | 578 | 40.1% | 27.8% |
| Weld Central Senior High School KEENESBURG | 651 | 49.2% | N/A |
| Eagle Ridge Academy BRIGHTON | 593 | 40.6% | 33.3% |
| Strasburg High School STRASBURG | 364 | 40.1% | N/A |
| Gunnison High School GUNNISON | 410 | 40.2% | 26.4% |
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 Roaring Fork High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Garfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #110 of 231 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #170 of 409 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #115 of 250 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #70 of 250 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.0% | #186 of 320 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.9% | #26 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
472
+80 (+20%) vs 2020
+86% since 1990-91, when it was 254
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 472 | 27.3 | 17.3:1 | 43% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 21.5 | 21.1:1 | 45% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 22.6 | 18.9:1 | 26% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 392 | 18 | 21.8:1 | 25% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 23.9 | 16.1:1 | 50% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 364 | 22 | 16.6:1 | 44% (159) |
| 2010-11 | 304 | 19 | 16.0:1 | 45% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 343 | 21 | 16.3:1 | 4% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 254 | 19 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roaring Fork High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (384 to 472); teachers up 14% (23.9 to 27.3).
About Roaring Fork High School
Federal records list Roaring Fork High School as a high school in CARBONDALE, Colorado. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 472 students enrolled. By comparison, high schools in Colorado enroll about 627 students on average.
In Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1, 14 schools enroll a combined 5,839 students.
The student body at Roaring Fork High School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 48%. Next come 47% White and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 33% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
Roaring Fork High School reports a ratio of 17.3 students per teacher, from 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado. Lunch program data show 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
On BeatsExpectations, Roaring Fork High School is 10.3 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Colorado schools.
In Garfield County, home to about 62,479 people, the median household earns about $91,131 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Roaring Fork High School shares Garfield County with 28 other public schools.
The closest school to Roaring Fork High School is Carbondale Middle School, located about 0.3 miles away. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. Roaring Fork High School's average proficiency of 30.4% compares with 35.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Roaring Fork High School is coded Town: Remote, for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
A 20% increase took enrollment from 392 in 2020-21 to 472 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 21.8:1 to 17.3:1.
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Garfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1
- Glenwood Springs High SchoolHigh · 1,032 students
- Basalt Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
- Glenwood Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Crystal River Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Basalt High SchoolHigh · 414 students
- Sopris Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
Other schools in CARBONDALE
- Crystal River Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Carbondale Middle SchoolMiddle · 362 students
- Ross Montessori SchoolElementary · 183 students
- Carbondale Community Charter SchoolElementary · 143 students
- BridgesHigh · 68 students
Nearby schools
- Carbondale Middle School0.3 mi · 362
- Crystal River Elementary School0.4 mi · 445
- Ross Montessori School0.7 mi · 183
- Bridges0.8 mi · 68
- Carbondale Community Charter School2.0 mi · 143
- Riverview School8.3 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About Roaring Fork High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Roaring Fork High School?
Roaring Fork High School enrolls approximately 472 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Roaring Fork High School serve?
Roaring Fork High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Roaring Fork High School?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Roaring Fork High School.
How diverse is Roaring Fork High School?
Roaring Fork High School reports a student body of 47% White, 48% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Roaring Fork High School?
Roaring Fork High School is overseen by Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1 in Garfield County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.