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What's something Rocky Mountain High School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
2,044
High
DISTRICT 1,141 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1·NCES 080399000545
Rocky Mountain High School
1300 WEST SWALLOW ROAD, FORT COLLINS, CO 80526 · (970) 488-7023 · Larimer County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,044 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
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
104 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
704 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 512 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 490 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 504 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 538 | 26% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
43.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Mountain High School
Rocky Mountain High School's state test result (43.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain High School this school | 2,044 | 34.4% | 43.7% |
| Durango High School DURANGO | 1,352 | 30.1% | 45.9% |
| Fruita Monument High School FRUITA | 1,427 | 30.1% | 41.7% |
| Arvada West High School ARVADA | 1,923 | 28.4% | 38.7% |
| Wellington Middle-High School WELLINGTON | 1,173 | 39.6% | 36.0% |
| Thompson Valley High School LOVELAND | 1,005 | 31.5% | 27.4% |
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 Rocky Mountain High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #47 of 231 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,044 | #15 of 409 | #1 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #168 of 250 | #11 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.9% | #171 of 250 | #9 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.4% | #225 of 320 | #7 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #108 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
2,044
-12 (-1%) vs 2020
+80% since 1990-91, when it was 1,136
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 2,044 | 104.4 | 19.6:1 | 34% (704) |
| 2023-24 | 2,056 | 103.1 | 19.9:1 | 34% (694) |
| 2022-23 | 2,069 | 104.5 | 19.8:1 | 27% (557) |
| 2020-21 | 2,056 | 100 | 20.6:1 | 20% (418) |
| 2017-18 | 2,033 | 98.1 | 20.7:1 | 29% (598) |
| 2015-16 | 2,017 | 101 | 20.0:1 | 32% (643) |
| 2010-11 | 2,036 | 100 | 20.4:1 | 23% (465) |
| 2000-01 | 1,697 | 77 | 22.0:1 | 4% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 1,136 | 54 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rocky Mountain High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (2,033 to 2,044); teachers up 6% (98.1 to 104.4).
About Rocky Mountain High School
Rocky Mountain High School, a large high school, is located in FORT COLLINS, Colorado. It has an enrollment of 2,044 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Colorado enroll around 627, and this school is 226% above that mark.
Rocky Mountain High School falls under Poudre School District R-1, which has 52 schools enrolling 29,381 students.
More than half of the students at Rocky Mountain High School are White (74%). The remaining shares are 18% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Rocky Mountain High School scores 41%.
For every teacher at Rocky Mountain High School, there are about 19.6 students; the school has 104.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 34%. The average for public schools in Larimer County is similar, at 35%.
In Colorado, Rocky Mountain High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 43.7% actual against a predicted 45.8%.
Larimer County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $93,765, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 94 public schools in the county, enrolling about 47,159, Rocky Mountain High School among them.
Rocky Mountain High School's closest public school neighbor is Beattie Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 52.6% on proficiency, and Rocky Mountain High School is below that at 43.7%.
Rocky Mountain High School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
In 2020-21, Rocky Mountain High School enrolled 2,056; in 2024-25, 2,044.
The allk12 page for Rocky Mountain High School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Larimer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
367,368
Census ACS
Median income
$93,765
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
94
47,159 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Poudre School District R-1
- Fossil Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- Fort Collins High SchoolHigh · 1,836 students
- Liberty Common Charter SchoolCombined · 1,516 students
- Timnath Middle-High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Poudre High SchoolHigh · 1,409 students
- Wellington Middle-High SchoolHigh · 1,173 students
Other schools in FORT COLLINS
- Fossil Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- Fort Collins High SchoolHigh · 1,836 students
- Liberty Common Charter SchoolCombined · 1,516 students
- Poudre High SchoolHigh · 1,409 students
- Colorado Early Colleges Fort CollinsHigh · 971 students
- Lesher Middle SchoolMiddle · 766 students
Other Rocky Mountain High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Rocky Mountain High. Rocky Mountain High School is the largest of the 3.
- ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOLMERIDIAN, ID · 1,848 students
- Rocky Mountain High SchoolCowley, WY · 439 students
Nearby schools
- Beattie Elementary School0.8 mi · 302
- Axis International Academy1.0 mi · 288
- Johnson Elementary School1.2 mi · 348
- Blevins Middle School1.2 mi · 363
- Lopez Elementary School1.2 mi · 361
- Olander Elementary School1.2 mi · 310
Frequently asked questions
About Rocky Mountain High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rocky Mountain High School?
Rocky Mountain High School enrolls approximately 2,044 students in grades 09-12.
Is Rocky Mountain High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rocky Mountain High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Rocky Mountain High School?
Approximately 19.6:1 students per teacher at Rocky Mountain High School.
How diverse is Rocky Mountain High School?
Rocky Mountain High School reports a student body of 74% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Rocky Mountain High School in?
Rocky Mountain High School is part of Poudre School District R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.