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Rock Canyon High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
5810 Mcarthur Ranch Road
Highlands Ranch, CO 80124
Phone
(303) 387-3000
District
Douglas County School District No. Re 1
County
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2377
Classroom Teachers
110

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Colorado

8

(10 is best)

Better than 79.8% of all CO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Rock Canyon High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
58%
44%
61%
50%
54%
38%
58%
44%
61%
50%
54%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
54%
43%
56%
50%
52%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
54%
39%
60%
47%
48%
32%
54%
39%
60%
47%
48%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
22
18
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 579 24.4%
Grade 10 604 25.4%
Grade 11 588 24.7%
Grade 12 606 25.5%
Total 2377 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 74.0% 73.4% 53.6%
Black 0.8% 1.5% 4.9%
Hispanic 10.6% 17.2% 37.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 14.1% 7.2% 3.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.6% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported 12.7% 38.7%
Free lunch eligible Unreported 9.8% 31.8%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported 2.9% 6.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 363,179 5,839,926
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 419.2 55
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.4% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.5% 18.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.8% 36.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.3% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 12.9% 14.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 132,872 2,278,044
Single Parent Households With Children 5.7% 6.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.9% 92.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 59.9% 43.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 45.1% 24.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.7% 19.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.2% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 9.5% 15.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.8% 12.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.2% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 2.6% 6.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,268 $390,771,000 45.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $659 $41,059,000 4.7%
Staff $419 $26,127,000 3.0%
General Administration $87 $5,406,000 0.6%
School Administration $924 $57,616,000 6.6%
Operation $910 $56,748,000 6.5%
Transportation $324 $20,222,000 2.3%
Other $902 $56,234,000 6.5%
Total Support $4,225 $263,412,000 30.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,451 $215,128,000 24.7%
Total Expenditures $13,944 $869,311,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,644 $5,785,874,000 42.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $874 $761,220,000 5.6%
Staff $718 $624,884,000 4.6%
General Administration $235 $204,477,000 1.5%
School Administration $930 $810,034,000 5.9%
Operation $1,222 $1,064,273,000 7.8%
Transportation $313 $272,720,000 2.0%
Other $989 $861,569,000 6.3%
Total Support $5,281 $4,599,177,000 33.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,809 $3,316,801,000 24.2%
Total Expenditures $15,734 $13,701,852,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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