| Definition of Terms |
Mountain Vista High School |
| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Douglas County, CO |
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| Total Students |
1853 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
50% /
50% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
103 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 530 students | | Grade 10 - 479 students | | Grade 11 - 444 students | | Grade 12 - 400 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:18 |
1:17 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
2% |
| % Asian |
3% |
2% |
| % Hispanic |
6% |
26% |
| % Black |
2% |
5% |
| % White |
89% |
66% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
1% |
19% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
1% |
5% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Douglas County Re 1 School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
66 |
3 |
| Number of Students Managed |
48,389 students |
677 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$389,994,000 |
$6,335,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$433,765,000 |
$6,229,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$8,060 |
$9,357 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$8,964 |
$9,201 |
| District Graduation Rates |
n/a |
n/a |
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- Mountain Vista High School is a secondary school located in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. The school is a part of the Douglas County School District.
- History
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Initially designated "High School No. 6" in Douglas County School District's long-range plans,Mountain Vista High School was named such in 2000. The school mascot was initially going to be a Demon; however, due to the satanic nature of the proposed mascot, "Golden Eagles" was chosen instead. The state of Colorado already had several schools whose mascot was an Eagle, but as none of them were "Golden Eagles," the mascot is unique to Mountain Vista. [2] The school opened in August 2001 and saw its first graduating class in 2005.
- Sports
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Mountain Vista High School participates at the 5A level in all sports. Athletic offerings include soccer, cross country, baseball, softball, field hockey, basketball, football, volleyball, gymnastics, track, swimming, diving, wrestling, tennis, cheerleading, poms, and lacrosse. The varsity baseball, women's soccer, and women's softball programs have all advanced deep into their respective playoffs in recent years and are consistently rated near the top of their respective divisions. Additionally, varsity cheerleading has won state in the 5A division in 2007 and 2008 while varsity poms has won state in 2006 and regionals in 2007. Both poms and cheer were in the top 10 in nationals in 2006.
- Mountain Vista football had success in 4A and continued to have success when it was moved to 5A for the 2005 season due to increased enrollment. Mountain Vista maintains a rivalry with local ThunderRidge High School in all sports. After losing for the first time in the 2006 season to Chaparral High School, Mountain Vista rebounded by defeating defending state champion Douglas County High School 7-6. The Golden Eagle victory ended a 20-game winning streak for the Huskies. Their season was then ended by the Huskies in the quarterfinals of the state playoffs.
- Mountain Vista also maintains a combined rugby union team with local ThunderRidge High School. The team known as the Greagles had its best season in 2007 when it lost twice and tied once during its 10 game season. The team was seeded 14th out of 26 by ERRFU but lost one of its games in the state qualifier.
- In 2005, Mountain Vista girls soccer team defeated Arapahoe High School for the 5A state title.[3]
- In 2006, Mountain Vista cheer and poms both took state championship titles on December 1st, 2007. This is the first time in CHSAA history that one school simultaneously held both cheer and pom state titles.
- Mountain Vista also fields nearly half of the participants of the Highlands Ranch Unified Swim and Dive Team (includes ThunderRidge, Rock Canyon & Highlands Ranch as well) which took 5th in State(2008).
- In 2008, Mountain Vista poms team won 5A state championship on December 5, 2008 making it the second state title for the poms team.
- In 2009, the Mountain Vista varsity baseball team advanced through the playoffs all the way to the state championship game, where they lost against Rocky Mountain High School.
- Academics
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Mountain Vista High School provides one of the highest ranking academic programs in Colorado. Vista is one of the few public high schools in Colorado to receive a greatschools.net rating of 9/10 [4]. The average ACT score for the class of 2008 was four points higher than the average for the state of Colorado. In the class of 2008, three students were National Merit Finalists. The vast majority of graduates attend four year colleges, and many students go to out of state schools.
- Mountain Vista students have been accepted into prestigious colleges such as MIT, Stanford, Yale, U Penn, Dartmouth, Cornell, Northwestern, Duke, Texas, Michigan, UCSC, UCLA, USC, the US Air Force Academy, and West Point Military Academy.
- Mountain Vista High School at GreatSchools.net
- "Bond issue, record budget year's biggest stories" by Tom Herman, Colorado Community Newspapers, January 03, 2001.
- "MV girls win school's first team title" by Bill Gleason, South Metro Sports, May 25, 2005.
- "Douglas County News-Press"
- Mountain Vista High School at GreatSchools.net
- External links
- Mountain Vista High School
- Douglas County School District
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| About This Zip Code (80126) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
68,492 people |
4,157,972 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
66% |
33% |
| Population Average Age |
32 years old
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34 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.9 persons
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2.5 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$86,327
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$49,703 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
7.2 rooms |
5.7 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
13 years old |
35 years old |
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Zipcode (80126)
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| % Owning / % Renting |
87% / 13% |
67% / 33% |
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