Fort Morgan High School

Fort Morgan · CO · School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan · Public


At a glance

Programs & features
  • 6 AP courses offered — Strong
  • Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
  • Gifted & talented program
Academic signals
  • AP rigor: 56th percentile nationally
  • SAT/ACT participation: 77th percentile by test-taker volume
  • 4-yr grad rate: 81% in 2019 (Bottom 27% 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 Fort Morgan High School compares for families

Solid mid-tier academic profile.

  • ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 56th percentile nationally with 6 AP courses.
  • ▸ LocallyCO students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Brush High School, Severance High School, Windsor High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses

56th percentile nationally

50th 90th ↑ this school
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AP courses offered
6
Subject breadth not reported
Students taking AP courses
94
≈10 per 100 students · uptake, not just offerings
Advanced math classes
4
0 calculus · 4 advanced
Lab science classes
7
0 physics · 7 chemistry
Other rigor signals
Dual-enrollment program
Gifted/talented program

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

77th percentile by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
209
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
22.1
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

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 27% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

50th 90th
4-year graduation rate
81%
Single-point estimate
4-year cohort size
236
Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years
Compared against
17,988
US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

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.

‍ Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
29.8%
Elevated — a quarter or more of teachers are in years 1-2. Often correlates with school instability.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
10.6%
Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Federal Title I context

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

50.3%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.

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

83%
admit rate
$15,666
in-state tuition/yr · $44,918 out-of-state
1230–1420
SAT 25–75 · ACT 28–33

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.

See the full University of Colorado Boulder profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
28.1%
Elevated above the national average (~16%). Worth understanding — chronic absence compounds into dropout risk, transfer-out risk, and revenue loss.
Students absent 15+ days
254
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

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.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
197:1
Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.
Counselor FTE
4.8
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
51
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 209 in 2021 to 214 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+2.4%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +1.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 945 students:

2025
958
2027
985
2029
1,013

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $12,872 per student in district revenue, the 68 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $875,296/year in additional funding.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Brush High School
BRUSH
Public 8.2 350 -6.2%
Severance High School
SEVERANCE
Public 58.2 943 +16.7%
Windsor High School
WINDSOR
Public 61.0 1,094 -6.7%
Roosevelt High School
JOHNSTOWN
Public 61.1 1,184 +11.5%
Fort Lupton High School
FORT LUPTON
Public 55.3 721 -0.7%
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College
DENVER
Public 61.0 706 -12.2%
Northridge High School
GREELEY
Public 53.8 1,322 +10.3%
Wiggins High School
WIGGINS
Public 15.1 236 +8.3%

At a glance

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Fort Morgan High School is a public high school in Fort Morgan, CO, enrolling 945 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

Enrollment is up 2% from 2021 to 2024.

It offers 6 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 56% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).

209 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 77% of U.S. high schools.

Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 81% in the latest EDFacts release.

It has about 197 students per school counselor.

28% 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

How many AP courses does Fort Morgan High School offer? Fort Morgan High School offers 6 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 56% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).

What is Fort Morgan High School's graduation rate? Fort Morgan High School's federal four-year graduation rate was about 81% in the latest EDFacts release.

How many students attend Fort Morgan High School? Fort Morgan High School is a public high school in Fort Morgan, CO, enrolling 945 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

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