5280 High School
Denver · CO · School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C · Public charter
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Florence Crittenton High School → Denver Justice High School → Respect Academy → Compassion Road Academy → Jeffco Transition Services School → Delta High School → Contemporary Learning Academy → North High School Engagement Center →At a glance
- Gifted & talented program
- AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 36% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 30% in 2019 (Bottom 6% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How 5280 High School compares for families
What families should know about 5280 High School.
- ▸ LocallyCO students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Florence Crittenton High School, Denver Justice High School, Respect Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 36% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 6% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Federal Title I context
Title I Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
University of Colorado Boulder
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $25,346/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -2.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 109 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence Crittenton High School DENVER |
Public | 1.5 | 107 | +16.3% |
| Denver Justice High School DENVER |
Public · charter | 2.5 | 106 | -19.1% |
| Respect Academy DENVER |
Public | 1.9 | 99 | +6.5% |
| Compassion Road Academy DENVER |
Public | 2.5 | 96 | +39.1% |
| Jeffco Transition Services School LAKEWOOD |
Public | 4.1 | 116 | -10.1% |
| Delta High School DENVER |
Public | 4.7 | 105 | -3.7% |
| Contemporary Learning Academy DENVER |
Public | 2.5 | 126 | +34.0% |
| North High School Engagement Center DENVER |
Public | 4.5 | 103 | +7.3% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistant5280 High School is a public high school in Denver, CO, enrolling 109 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
38 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 36% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 30% in the latest EDFacts release.
83% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
What is 5280 High School's graduation rate? 5280 High School's federal four-year graduation rate was about 30% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend 5280 High School? 5280 High School is a public high school in Denver, CO, enrolling 109 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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