Enrollment
382
Combined
STATE 523
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER 1·NCES 080000400709
Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning
1700 SOUTH HOLLY STREET, DENVER, CO 80222 · (303) 759-2076 · Denver County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Colorado public K-12 schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
24 FTE teachers
STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
9 students
STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 28 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 25 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 17 | 4% |
| Grade 11 | 16 | 4% |
| Grade 12 | 15 | 4% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 40% smaller than its 8th grade class (47).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
58.0%
CO avg 44.9% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
46.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 46.3% |
| 2023-24 | 61.9% | 44.4% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 School of Expeditionary Learning
Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning this school | 382 | 2.4% | 53.5% |
| North Park School WALDEN | 144 | 30.6% | 40.6% |
| Flagler Public School FLAGLER | 186 | 41.4% | 33.6% |
| Lake City Community School LAKE CITY | 75 | 38.7% | 42.5% |
| Creede School CREEDE | 92 | 40.2% | 41.7% |
| Outer Range MONTROSE | 71 | 39.4% | N/A |
Matched among Colorado K-12 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 School of Expeditionary Learning ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #1 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #1 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #7 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #6 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.6% | #5 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.4% | #21 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #5 of 7 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
382
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
+21% since 2000-01, when it was 317
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 382 | 23.6 | 16.2:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 25.6 | 14.8:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2022-23 | 390 | 22.7 | 17.2:1 | 4% (14) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 21 | 18.5:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 30.5 | 12.8:1 | 5% (21) |
| 2015-16 | 397 | 33 | 12.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 361 | 23 | 15.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 317 | 18 | 17.6:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (389 to 382); teachers down 23% (30.5 to 23.6).
About Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning
Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning is a low-enrollment school serving multiple grade levels. Its address is in DENVER, Colorado. It offers kindergarten through 12 and has 382 students enrolled. By comparison, combined schools in Colorado enroll about 523 students on average.
For district matters, Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning falls under DENVER 1.
The student body at Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning is 78% White. The school is also 13% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 59%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 37%.
There are 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning, giving a ratio of 16.2:1. The school's 16.2:1 compares with an average of 14.3:1 for combined schools in Colorado. By family income, 2% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 63% average for public schools in Denver County.
On the allk12 Grade, Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning lands at B, ahead of 64% of Colorado public K-12 schools.
Schools in Colorado with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 65.3%. Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning scores 53.5%.
In Denver County, home to about 718,877 people, the median household earns about $94,718 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning shares Denver County with 205 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning is closest to Ellis Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
In 2020-21, Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning enrolled 388; in 2024-25, 382. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.5:1 in 2020-21, and 16.2:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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- Ellis Elementary School0.6 mi · 467
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- Creativity Challenge Community1.3 mi · 306
Frequently asked questions
About Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary LearningHow large is Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning?
Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning enrolls approximately 382 students in grades KG-12.
Is Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning is a combined-grade school covering grades KG-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning is approximately 16.2:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning?
Student demographics at Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning are roughly 78% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning in?
Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning is part of DENVER 1.
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