Enrollment
271
High
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKY FORD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R2·NCES 080627001103
Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School
100 WEST WASHINGTON, ROCKY FORD, CO 81067 · (719) 254-7431 · Otero County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL271 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Colorado public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
210 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 7 | 63 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 47 | 17% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Rocky Ford School District No. R2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
38.4%
CO avg 44.9% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
26.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.4% | 26.5% |
| 2023-24 | 32.9% | 25.0% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School this school | 271 | 77.5% | 28.1% |
| La Junta Jr/Sr High School LA JUNTA | 501 | 72.3% | N/A |
| Jefferson Junior/Senior High School EDGEWATER | 601 | 78.7% | 8.2% |
| Global Leadership Academy DENVER | 400 | 75.8% | N/A |
| Alamosa High School ALAMOSA | 568 | 72.9% | N/A |
| Trinidad High School TRINIDAD | 204 | 67.2% | 9.2% |
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 Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Otero County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #130 of 231 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #22 of 54 ▲ 1 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #26 of 57 ▲ 8 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 271 | #224 of 409 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #11 of 250 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.7% | #204 of 250 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.5% | #53 of 320 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.1% | #28 of 139 | 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
271
-55 (-17%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 368
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 271 | 24.2 | 11.2:1 | 77% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 265 | 25.4 | 10.4:1 | 80% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 23.2 | 12.3:1 | 71% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 23 | 14.2:1 | 73% (239) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 26.7 | 13.6:1 | 70% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 361 | 26 | 13.9:1 | 75% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 317 | 26 | 12.2:1 | 75% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 276 | 17 | 16.2:1 | 69% (190) |
| 1990-91 | 368 | 23 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (362 to 271); teachers down 9% (26.7 to 24.2).
About Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School
In ROCKY FORD, Colorado, Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School is a small high school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 271 students in grades 7 through 12. Against the 627-student average for high schools in Colorado, enrollment here is 57% lower.
Rocky Ford School District No. R2 counts 728 students in its 3 schools, and Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School is one of them.
At 77%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School combined. After that, the student body is 21% White. Among all residents of Otero County, the Hispanic share is about 42%. Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 24.2 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.2:1. Among high schools in Colorado, the typical ratio is 16.9:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 77%.
Measured against Colorado public high schools, Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Colorado with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 19.7%. Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School scores 28.1%.
Census estimates describe Otero County this way: median household income is about $54,037, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Federal data list 15 public schools in Otero County, with a combined enrollment of about 3,027.
Rocky Ford Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line. Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 31.5%, higher than Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School's 28.1%.
In the federal locale system, Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School saw enrollment fall 17% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 14.2:1 to 11.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Otero County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,321
Census ACS
Median income
$54,037
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,027 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rocky Ford School District No. R2
- Rocky Ford Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Washington Primary SchoolElementary · 152 students
Other schools in ROCKY FORD
- Rocky Ford Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Washington Primary SchoolElementary · 152 students
Nearby schools
- Rocky Ford Elementary School0.8 mi · 305
- Washington Primary School0.8 mi · 152
- Swink Elementary School6.3 mi · 131
- Swink Junior-Senior High School6.3 mi · 159
- Manzanola Elementary School8.4 mi · 71
- Manzanola Junior-Senior High School8.4 mi · 103
Frequently asked questions
About Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High SchoolHow many students attend Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School?
Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School enrolls approximately 271 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School serve?
Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School.
What is the student diversity at Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School?
Student demographics at Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School are roughly 21% White, 77% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School?
Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School is overseen by Rocky Ford School District No. R2 in Otero County.
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