Rocky Mountain Prep Noel

Rocky Mountain Prep Noel operates as a compact intermediate school in DENVER, Colorado, one of the schools within School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. Current enrollment sits at 287 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 38% smaller than the state mean of about 462.

Rocky Mountain Prep Noel is one of 198 schools operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, a district that serves 90,471 students overall.

Demographically, Rocky Mountain Prep Noel lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder reads as 15% Black, 5% Pacific Islander, 3% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Denver County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Rocky Mountain Prep Noel shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Denver County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rocky Mountain Prep Noel tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 13.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 9.6%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Denver County) shows that median household income runs about $94,718, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Denver County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), of which Rocky Mountain Prep Noel is one.

The closest other public school is Montbello Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rocky Mountain Prep Noel. On composite proficiency, Rocky Mountain Prep Noel comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 18.5%.

The school occupies an urban site. As a public charter, Rocky Mountain Prep Noel runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Rocky Mountain Prep Noel's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 324 (now 287). Class-load math has rose: from 9.7:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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