High · Regular · Grades 9 to 12

Coal Ridge High School, New Castle, CO

CEP schoolCoal Ridge High School is a public high school in New Castle, part of Garfield School District No. Re-2. It enrolled 578 students in 2024-25, with 19.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 578
Teachers (FTE): 29.0
Students per teacher: 19.9
Grades: 9 to 12

This school's ratio is 2.4 higher than the district figure of 17.5. The Colorado average across schools is 16.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.9

District17.5

Colorado16.7

United States15.3

School details

Address: 35947 Highway 6, New Castle, CO 81647
Phone: (970)625-6700
District: Garfield School District No. Re-2
County: Garfield County
Level: High
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Rural: Distant
NCES school ID: 080624001906

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 169
Reduced-price lunch: 63
Free or reduced-price lunch: 23240.1% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Garfield School District No. Re-2

Rifle High School 778 students

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.