Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning
Denver · CO · DENVER 1 · Public · K-12 combined
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New America School - Aurora → SOAR Academy → Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design → Delta High School → Robert F. Smith STEAM Academy → Girls Athletic Leadership School High School → Compassion Road Academy → New Legacy Charter School →At a glance
- Gifted & talented program
- AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 19% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 90% in 2019 (Bottom 49% 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 Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning compares for families
What families should know about Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning.
- ▸ LocallyCO students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: New America School - Aurora, SOAR Academy, Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 19% 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 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.
Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
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: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.
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 -1.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 382 students:
≈ 21 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New America School - Aurora DENVER |
Public · charter | 3.7 | 82 | -51.5% |
| SOAR Academy ENGLEWOOD |
Public | 6.4 | 78 | -13.3% |
| Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design DENVER |
Public | 4.7 | 60 | -54.5% |
| Delta High School DENVER |
Public | 1.5 | 105 | -3.7% |
| Robert F. Smith STEAM Academy DENVER |
Public | 5.2 | 89 | +14.1% |
| Girls Athletic Leadership School High School DENVER |
Public · charter | 4.9 | 59 | -46.4% |
| Compassion Road Academy DENVER |
Public | 4.9 | 96 | +39.1% |
| New Legacy Charter School AURORA |
Public · charter | 5.0 | 96 | +14.3% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantRocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning is a public high school in Denver, CO, enrolling 382 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
14 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 19% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 90% in the latest EDFacts release.
4% 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 Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning's graduation rate? Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning's federal four-year graduation rate was about 90% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning? Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning is a public high school in Denver, CO, enrolling 382 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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