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Vista Ridge High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
6888 Black Forest Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80923
Phone
(719) 494-8800
District
El Paso County Colorado School District 49
County
EL PASO COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1587
Classroom Teachers
71

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Colorado

6

(10 is best)

Better than 55.8% of all CO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Vista Ridge High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
45%
44%
54%
50%
35%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
46%
43%
58%
50%
33%
35%
46%
43%
58%
50%
33%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
37%
39%
48%
47%
25%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
22
19
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 376 23.7%
Grade 10 369 23.3%
Grade 11 402 25.3%
Grade 12 440 27.7%
Total 1587 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 55.5% 57.3% 53.6%
Black 8.8% 5.3% 4.9%
Hispanic 29.5% 34.1% 37.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.1% 2.1% 3.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.1% 1.1% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 26.5% 28.1% 38.7%
Free lunch eligible 21.4% 22.4% 31.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.1% 5.7% 6.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 103,448 5,839,926
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 779.7 56
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.3% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.3% 18.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.0% 36.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.7% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 9.7% 14.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 36,058 2,278,044
Single Parent Households With Children 8.5% 6.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.9% 92.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 41.6% 43.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 28.0% 24.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 26.0% 19.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.1% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.6% 15.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.5% 12.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.7% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 2.2% 6.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,396 $107,769,000 44.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $621 $15,232,000 6.3%
Staff $501 $12,273,000 5.1%
General Administration $133 $3,267,000 1.3%
School Administration $892 $21,871,000 9.0%
Operation $1,095 $26,845,000 11.1%
Transportation $163 $3,996,000 1.6%
Other $941 $23,062,000 9.5%
Total Support $4,346 $106,546,000 43.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,168 $28,626,000 11.8%
Total Expenditures $9,909 $242,941,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,644 $5,785,874,000 42.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $874 $761,220,000 5.6%
Staff $718 $624,884,000 4.6%
General Administration $235 $204,477,000 1.5%
School Administration $930 $810,034,000 5.9%
Operation $1,222 $1,064,273,000 7.8%
Transportation $313 $272,720,000 2.0%
Other $989 $861,569,000 6.3%
Total Support $5,281 $4,599,177,000 33.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,809 $3,316,801,000 24.2%
Total Expenditures $15,734 $13,701,852,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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