Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning

Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning is one of the intimate unified-grade schools in DENVER, Colorado, part of DENVER 1, with 382 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. That puts it 27% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 523 students.

Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning sits inside DENVER 1, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning shows that White students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Denver County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 2% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Denver County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.5%.

In the area at large, census data for Denver County shows median household income runs about $94,718, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning is one of 206 public schools in Denver County (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students).

The closest other public school is Ellis Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.0%.

Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning has changed only slightly, going from 389 students in 2018 to 382 in 2025. The White share of enrollment rose from 73% to 78% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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