Erie High School

Erie High School operates as a sprawling high school in ERIE, Colorado, operated by St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J. Current enrollment sits at 1,727 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 175% larger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 627 students.

Within St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J, which oversees 54 schools and 31,607 students, Erie High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Erie High School shows that 77% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 14% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Erie High School has 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting Erie High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Weld County's rate of about 47%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Erie High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 58.8%; this one comes in at 31.2%, -27.6 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Weld County) logs that median household earnings sit near $97,097, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Weld County runs 116 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students), of which Erie High School is one.

Soaring Heights PK-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Erie High School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 58.0%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Erie High School has edged up 49%, going from 1,161 students in 2018 to 1,727 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.8:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 today.

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