Rocky Mountain Prep Ruby Hill

Rocky Mountain Prep Ruby Hill is a primary school of mid-sized scale in DENVER, Colorado, run under School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, teacheing 443 students in grades K through 5.

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C comprises 198 schools with combined enrollment of 90,471 students; Rocky Mountain Prep Ruby Hill is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rocky Mountain Prep Ruby Hill reports that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 3% White, 3% Black, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Rocky Mountain Prep Ruby Hill has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. 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 Ruby Hill is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 14.6%; this one delivers 33.5%, a residual of +18.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Denver County put the typical household earns roughly $94,718 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Rocky Mountain Prep Ruby Hill is one of 206 public schools in Denver County (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students).

The closest other public school is Rocky Mountain Prep Federal, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rocky Mountain Prep Ruby Hill. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rocky Mountain Prep Ruby Hill at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 13.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. Rocky Mountain Prep Ruby Hill is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rocky Mountain Prep Ruby Hill has stayed largely flat, going from 448 students in 2018 to 443 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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