Vista Ridge High School

Located at 6888 BLACK FOREST ROAD, in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Vista Ridge High School is a sprawling secondary school that instructs 1,473 students (grades 9 through 12), run under El Paso County Colorado School District 49. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Vista Ridge High School sits 135% above that benchmark.

Across the 31 schools in El Paso County Colorado School District 49 (25,689 students total), Vista Ridge High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Vista Ridge High School records that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 8% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Vista Ridge High School reports 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.9:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Vista Ridge High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.7%, the actual is 33.9%, a residual of -9.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,363 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), Vista Ridge High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pioneer Technology and Arts Academy, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Vista Ridge High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Vista Ridge High School has declined 7%, going from 1,583 students in 2018 to 1,473 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 56% to 47%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

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