| Definition of Terms |
Ralston Valley Senior High School |
| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Jefferson County, CO |
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| Total Students |
1412 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
50% /
50% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
66 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 382 students | | Grade 10 - 383 students | | Grade 11 - 356 students | | Grade 12 - 291 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:21 |
1:17 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
1% |
2% |
| % Asian |
2% |
2% |
| % Hispanic |
6% |
26% |
| % Black |
1% |
5% |
| % White |
90% |
66% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
3% |
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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(CO) Statewide Testing Performance |
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| School District Name |
Jefferson County R-1 School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
162 |
3 |
| Number of Students Managed |
68,765 students |
677 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$789,345,000 |
$6,335,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$785,424,000 |
$6,229,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$11,479 |
$9,357 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$11,422 |
$9,201 |
| District Graduation Rates |
n/a |
n/a |
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- Ralston Valley High School is a public high school in Arvada, Colorado. Since it opened for the 2000 school year, its enrollment enrollment has grown to around 1700 students. Area rivalries include Standley Lake High School and Arvada West High School.
- History
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The 24th high school built in Jefferson County Public Schools, Ralston Valley's opening relieved Arvada West High School, which was serving so many students in 1999 it was on a split schedule. Groundbreaking occurred in March 1999 and the school opened in the fall of 2000 to students.
- The mascot of Ralston Valley is the Mustang. It was decided based on suggestions from local Jefferson County School kids who would be attending. There were 3 other choices in the final decision with the vote in the end choosing the mustang. The logo is significant in the location of the school which now occupies a former ranch which raised and bred horses. Part of this ranch is still there on the cross road south east of the school.
- Campus
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The school building, situated on a site in northwest Arvada, was designed by LKA Partners and won a Merit Award in 2002 from the Colorado chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
- In March 2007, the school finished renovations for expansion. This consisted of the addition of of classroom and science labs to the east side of the building as well as of classroom and more science labs to the south side. This renovation closed off the lower level in a full square to connect the science, math and (new) foreign language halls. Previously, the science and math halls were only connected in a horseshoe.Further renovations included the addition of resulting in an auxiliary gym with a bleacher mezzanine, weight room and expanded athletic locker rooms. RVHS is one of only a few high schools to have the Millikan oil drop experiment equipment along with the equipment for finding the mass of the electron.
Additional improvements:
Darkroom
Orchestra Pit in the auditorium
Computer Lab
Expanded Student Commons
New athletic practice field
SmartBoards in nearly every classroom
Expanded student, staff and visitor parking
Expanded Bus Drop-off and Pick-up points
The estimated budget was: $29,500,000. Quoted from: http://www.jeffcopublicschools.org/schools/construction/high/ralston/index.htmlThe project entailed demolition of the existing academic and administration areas and the redevelopment of the site. Therefore, a large portion of a building only five years old was torn down after the architects had won numerous awards for it and the taxpayers had not yet paid off the debt on it. - Students and faculty
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The student-teacher ratio is 21.7 to 1
- Extracurricular activities
- Athletics
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Ralston Valley fields teams in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross county, football (competing in Class 5A as of Fall 2009). golf, ice hockey, girls lacrosse, poms, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling in interscholastic competition.
- State championships won by the school include :
- Boys' basketball: 2003 (4A)
- Coed cheerleading: 2003 (4A), 2006 (4A/5A)
- Poms: 2004 (4A)
- Baseball: 2008 (4A)
- Softball: 2002, 2008 (4A)
- Girl's Swimming: 2007, 2008, 2009 (5A)
- Boy's Golf: 2008 (5A)
- Student groups
- CARE Team
- Drama Club
- FCCLA
- Instrumental Music
- Mock Trial
- National Honor Society
- Newspaper
- Ski/Snowboard Club(Shred the Gnar)
- Student Government
- Vive la France
- Vocal Music
- WHOA (Warm Hearts of Africa) Club
- Yearbook
- Notable alumni
- Ben Wysocki, drummer for pop band The Fray.
- Dave Welsh, electric guitar player for pop band The Fray.
- Nick Fazekas (2003), University of Nevada, Reno basketball player, Drafted 34th to Dallas Mavericks
- Jamie Dukehart-Conti (2003), Miss Colorado 2008
- External links
- Ralston Valley Xpress Newspaper
- Ralston Valley High School official website
- Ralston Valley Music Boosters
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| About This Zip Code (80005) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
24,722 people |
4,157,972 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
45% |
33% |
| Population Average Age |
39 years old
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34 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.7 persons
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2.5 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$69,889
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$49,703 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
7.1 rooms |
5.7 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
32 years old |
35 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
89% / 11% |
67% / 33% |
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