📍 9505 West 32nd Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, 80033
Wheat Ridge High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County. The school has 970 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson County School District No. R-1 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 59.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
Wheat Ridge High School enrolls 970 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 59.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 36% Hispanic or Latino and 3.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 554 | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 350 | 36% |
| Two or more races | 33 | 3.4% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 1.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 9 | <1% |
| Asian | 8 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
483 of the school's 970 students (50%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Wheat Ridge High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Wheat Ridge High School is one of 162 schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1, based in GOLDEN, Colorado. The district serves 73,532 students district-wide and employs 4,550 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 970 students, Wheat Ridge High School is larger than the district average of about 454 students per school.
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