Ridgeview Classical Schools
FORT COLLINS · CO · Poudre School District R-1 · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Polaris Expeditionary Learning School → Centennial High School → Poudre Community Academy → Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado → Compass Community Collaborative School → Harold Ferguson High School → Liberty Common Charter School → Loveland Classical School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 9 AP courses offered — Elite
- 🔢 5 calculus classes · 4 physics · 2 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 73th percentile nationally
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 90% (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Ridgeview Classical Schools compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 73th percentile nationally with 9 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyCO students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Polaris Expeditionary Learning School, Centennial High School, Poudre Community Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
73th percentile nationally
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 · 2020-21Source: 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 49% 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.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
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.
🏛️ 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 strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 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 +0.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 721 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $14,645 per student in district revenue, the 30 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $439,350/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.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polaris Expeditionary Learning School FORT COLLINS |
Public | 3.0 | 151 | -2.6% |
| Centennial High School FORT COLLINS |
Public | 1.4 | 118 | -5.6% |
| Poudre Community Academy FORT COLLINS |
Public | 4.0 | 203 | -23.1% |
| Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado FORT COLLINS |
Public · charter | 0.8 | 83 | — |
| Compass Community Collaborative School FORT COLLINS |
Public · charter | 1.1 | 82 | -8.9% |
| Harold Ferguson High School LOVELAND |
Public | 10.9 | 164 | +45.1% |
| Liberty Common Charter School FORT COLLINS |
Public · charter | 1.4 | 335 | -7.2% |
| Loveland Classical School LOVELAND |
Public · charter | 13.2 | 200 | +61.3% |