📍 1350 Prefontaine Ave, Rifle, Garfield County, 81650
Rifle High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Rifle, Garfield County. The school has 791 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Garfield School District No. Re-2 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
Rifle High School enrolls 791 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Hispanic or Latino, 36% White and 1.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 490 | 62% |
| White | 281 | 36% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 1.6% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
279 of the school's 791 students (35%) 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.
Rifle High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students.
Rifle High School is one of 10 schools in Garfield School District No. Re-2, based in RIFLE, Colorado. The district serves 4,695 students district-wide and employs 292 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 791 students, Rifle High School is larger than the district average of about 470 students per school.