Rocky Mountain High School (Colorado)

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Rocky Mountain High School (Fort Collins, Colorado)
Rmhs logo.png
One of Rocky Mountain High School's academic logos
Address
Rocky Mountain High School (Colorado)
1300 West Swallow Road

80526

United States
Coordinates 40°32′48″N105°6′0″W / 40.54667°N 105.10000°W / 40.54667; -105.10000
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Type Public high school
MottoThe Lobo Way
Established1973(50 years ago) (1973)
School district Poudre School District
CEEB code 060588
PrincipalCraig Woodall
Staff102.93 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Number of students2,024 (2020-21) [1]
Student to teacher ratio19.66 [1]
Color(s)Cardinal red and yellow gold
  
Athletics5A
Mascot Lobo
Website rmh.psdschools.org

Rocky Mountain High School (RMHS, Rocky) is a public high school in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States. Its colors are cardinal red and gold and its mascot is the lobo, or wolf. The school serves roughly 2000 students, mostly from south, west, and central Fort Collins. Rocky Mountain High School opened at its current location in 1973 and was expanded in 1994.

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History

Rocky Mountain High School was founded in 1973. Its student body was made up of sophomores and juniors originally from Fort Collins High School and Poudre High School. The campus was made of three separate buildings. In 1994 to 1995, the school's campus was redesigned to make one large building from the original three separate ones. A new media center, theatre, a vocal music room, a larger commons area, and a large fitness center were added during this remodel. In 2005, an auxiliary gym and multipurpose room were added. Rocky started as a three-year high school, but as part of a grade reconfiguration in Poudre School District, it became a four-year high school. The class of 2009 had 692 seniors, the largest senior class the school has ever had.

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