Ridgeview Classical Schools
FORT COLLINS · CO · Poudre School District R-1 · Public charter · K-12 combined
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PSD Global Academy → Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado → Compass Community Collaborative School → Centennial High School → Liberty Common Charter School → Fort Collins High School → Rocky Mountain High School → Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins →📋 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: PSD Global Academy, Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado, Compass Community Collaborative School 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.
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 +0.9%/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 33 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $483,285/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.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSD Global Academy FORT COLLINS |
Public | 0.6 | 141 | -25.0% |
| 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% |
| Centennial High School FORT COLLINS |
Public | 1.4 | 118 | -5.6% |
| Liberty Common Charter School FORT COLLINS |
Public · charter | 1.4 | 335 | -7.2% |
| Fort Collins High School FORT COLLINS |
Public | 1.9 | 1,836 | -7.7% |
| Rocky Mountain High School FORT COLLINS |
Public | 2.5 | 2,044 | -2.1% |
| Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins FORT COLLINS |
Public · charter | 2.6 | 725 | -27.6% |