Explore Wheat Ridge High School in Wheat Ridge, CO

This school is rated about average in school quality compared to other schools in Colorado. Students here have about average college readiness measures, ... More are making above average year-over-year academic improvement, and this school has below average results in how well it’s serving disadvantaged students. Large disparities in absenteeism rates exist at this school, which is concerning.

ACADEMICS

College readiness 6/10

College success

Test scores

Student progress 7/10

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Academics

Test scores

Find out what state standardized test scores really tell you about a school – and what they don’t.

Subject

% Proficient

Science

25%

State avg: 31%

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7/10

Student progress

This rating measures how much students at this school improved from one year to the next, compared to students with similar proficiency levels at other schools in the state.

A promising sign

Students at this school are making more academic progress given where they were last year, compared to similar students in the state.

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Equity

2/10

Equity overview

Is this school offering opportunity for all its students, or leaving some kids behind? Successful schools are working to close the achievement gap.

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Disadvantaged students at this school may be falling far behind other students in the state, and this school may have large achievement gaps.

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Look at the Race/ethnicity and Low-income sections below to see how different student groups are doing at this school. Are there big gaps?... More Start a conversation with a teacher or a fellow parent about how to interpret this information. What's the school doing to help all students succeed? How can you help?

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Environment

Students

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White

53%

Hispanic

39%

Two or more races

Black

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian

Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander

<1%

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Teachers & staff

Parents often value small class sizes, but the truth is more complicated.

Students per teacher

18 :1

State avg: 17 :1

Students per counselor

328 :1

State avg: 449 :1

Percentage of teachers with 3 or more years experience

90%

State avg: 82%

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Wheat Ridge High School

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