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What's one thing Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
411
Middle
DISTRICT 447 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336006444
Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood
3201 W ARIZONA AVE., DENVER, CO 80219 · (303) 962-9880 · Denver County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
377 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 145 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 123 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 143 | 35% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
23.7%
CO avg 44.9% . -5.1pp since 2023
Math
16.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.7% | 16.2% |
| 2023-24 | 28.8% | 15.4% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
11.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 11% 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 Prep Westwood
Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood's state test result (18.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood this school | 411 | 91.7% | 18.7% |
| KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy DENVER | 301 | 93.7% | 15.0% |
| Rocky Mountain Prep Federal DENVER | 376 | 88.0% | 18.3% |
| Kepner Beacon Middle School DENVER | 467 | 89.9% | 14.9% |
| Kearney Middle School COMMERCE CITY | 397 | 85.9% | 7.7% |
| Adams City Middle School COMMERCE CITY | 296 | 90.9% | 7.0% |
Matched among Colorado middle 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 Prep Westwood ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #197 of 241 | #21 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #180 of 244 ▼ 4 | #18 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #207 of 246 ▼ 28 | #22 of 30 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #156 of 278 | #17 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #88 of 227 | #16 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.9% | #227 of 227 | #28 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #7 of 246 | #4 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.1% | #15 of 55 | #4 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
411
+96 (+30%) vs 2020
+89% since 2010-11, when it was 218
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 411 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 92% (377) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 35.6 | 10.7:1 | 95% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 36 | 8.7:1 | 94% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 315 | 32 | 9.8:1 | 97% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 348 | 30.3 | 11.5:1 | 95% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 365 | 29 | 12.6:1 | 92% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 218 | 18 | 12.1:1 | 90% (196) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (348 to 411); teachers down 11% (30.3 to 27).
About Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood
Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood is a medium-sized middle school for students in DENVER, Colorado. Its 411 students are spread across grades 6 through 8.
Denver Public Schools is responsible for 198 schools, Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood included, with 90,471 students in all.
Hispanic students make up 95% of enrollment at Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Denver County's population at about 28%. Pick two students at random and there is a 10% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood counts 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.2 students for each one. For comparison, middle schools in Colorado average 15.9:1. About 92% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Denver County is 63%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 18.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 11.1%.
Denver County census figures show that the median household income is $94,718, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 206 public schools in Denver County, enrolling about 91,233 students in all.
The closest public school, Rocky Mountain Prep SMART, is less than a tenth of a mile from Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 16.5%; Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood's is 18.7%, ranking 2nd of 7.
NCES describes the area around Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood as a charter school.
Enrollment climbed 30% from its 2020-21 level of 315. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 9.8:1 to 15.2:1.
The Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Denver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,877
Census ACS
Median income
$94,718
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
206
91,233 students
Quick facts
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- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Nearby schools
- Rocky Mountain Prep SMART0.0 mi · 604
- Pascual Ledoux Academy0.2 mi · 236
- Kepner Beacon Middle School0.3 mi · 467
- Rocky Mountain Prep Southwest0.3 mi · 453
- Charles M. Schenck (CMS) Community School0.3 mi · 339
- Castro Elementary School0.6 mi · 241
Frequently asked questions
About Rocky Mountain Prep WestwoodHow large is Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood?
Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood enrolls approximately 411 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood serve?
Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood.
How diverse is Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood?
Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood reports a student body of 0% White, 95% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood?
Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood is overseen by Denver Public Schools in Denver County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.