Rocky Mountain Prep SMART

Rocky Mountain Prep SMART is one of the average-sized high schools in DENVER, Colorado, operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, with 604 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Within School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, which oversees 198 schools and 90,471 students, Rocky Mountain Prep SMART is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Rocky Mountain Prep SMART reports that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, Rocky Mountain Prep SMART reports 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. Roughly 92% of students at Rocky Mountain Prep SMART qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Denver County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rocky Mountain Prep SMART tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 10.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 7.5%.

Around the school, Denver County reports that median household income runs about $94,718, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Rocky Mountain Prep SMART 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 Westwood, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rocky Mountain Prep SMART comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 18.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site. Rocky Mountain Prep SMART operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 24%: 487 students in 2018 compared to 604 in 2025.

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