Rocky Mountain Prep Southwest

Rocky Mountain Prep Southwest is a moderately sized elementary school in DENVER, Colorado, one of the schools within School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. The school enrolls 453 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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 Southwest is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Rocky Mountain Prep Southwest records that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 6% Black, 4% White, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Rocky Mountain Prep Southwest has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 91% of students at Rocky Mountain Prep Southwest qualify 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.

After controlling for student poverty, Rocky Mountain Prep Southwest performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 11.6%, the actual is 16.5%, a residual of +4.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Denver County shows median household income runs about $94,718, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rocky Mountain Prep Southwest is one of 206 public schools in Denver County (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students).

Kepner Beacon Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rocky Mountain Prep Southwest comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 15.6%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. Rocky Mountain Prep Southwest operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 56%: 290 students in 2018 compared to 453 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

On this page, the feed for Rocky Mountain Prep Southwest typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.