Colorado Rocky Mountain School
At a glance
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Location Carbondale, CO USA |
Tuition $54,000 |
| Grades 9-12 | Students Receiving Aid 39% |
| Student Body Coed | Total Aid Awarded $2,072,750 |
| Student/Faculty Ratio 5:1 | Endowment $20,500,000 |
Acceptance Rate
75%
Total Enrollment
177
Average Class Size
13
| Average SAT Score (Math) | 548 |
| Average SAT Score (Verbal) | 572 |
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| Number of AP Programs | 5 |
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| IB Program Offered? |
Overview
| Region | Denver CO Area |
| Program Emphasis | Boarding School College Prep Day School Small Boarding School |
| All Grades | 9-12 |
| Boarding Grades | 9-12 |
| Grade Divisions | Secondary |
| Religious Affiliation | Nondenominational |
| Student Body | Coed |
| Established | 1953 |
| Dress Code | Casual |
| School Setting | Small Town |
| Campus Size (Acres) | 320 |
| Head of School | Jeffrey Leahy |
| Endowment | $20,500,000 |
History
In 1953, John and Anne Holden, teachers at the Putney School in Vermont, bought a green International Harvester truck. They searched the American West in that truck for an ideal place to start an independent, coed boarding school, in the model of Putney, "for college-bound boys and girls who are sound of body and mind, and full of a spirit of adventure." After surveying numerous locales, the Holdens came upon the Western Colorado town of Carbondale, a rugged ranching town in the shadow of 13,000-foot Mt. Sopris. In Carbondale, they knew they had found the place for Colorado Rocky Mountain School, a new school that would be “an antidote to modern, easy living.”
Now in its 56th year, CRMS boasts a student body of 150, with an energy-efficient $3.2 million classroom building, a half-acre solar array, and programs in state-of-the-art disciplines such as sustainability and environmental stewardship. The Roaring Fork Valley, in which it sits (just 30 miles from Aspen), has evolved as well from a predominantly ranching community into a sophisticated, rapidly growing locale with upscale amenities; CRMS has gone from being a boarding-only school to offering a premier, competitive day-student option. But amid change within and beyond the Roaring Fork Valley, CRMS holds firm to the educational values of the Holdens. We still have the green truck.
Academics
| Full Time Faculty | 35 | ||
| % of Faculty with Advanced Degrees | 62% | ||
| Faculty with doctorate | 3 | ||
| Faculty with masters | 19 | ||
| Student/Faculty ratio | 5:1 | ||
| Average Class Size | 13 | ||
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Student Enrollment
| Total Enrollment | 177 | ||
| Boys | 100 | ||
| Girls | 77 | ||
| % Boys/Girls | 56/44 | ||
| Boarding Students | 101 | ||
| Day Students | 76 | ||
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| Majority of students come from | Mountain Region | ||
| % of Students of Color | 8% | ||
| % of International Students | 15% |
Admission
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| Web Address | www.crms.org | ||
| Director of Admission | Molly Dorais | ||
| Admission Application | Apply to Colorado Rocky Mountain School | ||
| Application Required | Yes | ||
| Application Fee Amount | 75 | ||
| Application Deadline(s) | Feb 10 | ||
| Financial Aid Deadline(s) | March 1 | ||
| Financial Aid Awarded | $2,072,750 | ||
| % of Students Receiving Financial Aid | 39% | ||
| Acceptance Rate | 75% | ||
| Total Applicants | 200 | ||
| Admissions Selectivity | Selective | ||
| Admissions Yield | 65% | ||
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| Day Student Tuition | $34,000 | ||
| Boarding Student Tuition | $54,000 |
College Placement Office
| Average SAT I Scores (Math) | 548 |
| Average SAT I Scores (Verbal) | 572 |
| Average SAT I Scores (Writing) | 578 |
| Average ACT Score | 24 |
| Dedicated College Placement Office | Yes |
| Recent College Matriculations | Bard College Bates College Bennington College Bentley College Berklee College of Music Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Brandeis University University of California at Los Angeles Chapman University University of Chicago University of Colorado at Boulder Colorado College Connecticut College Dartmouth College University of Denver Duke University Earlham College Emerson College The George Washington College Hampshire College Lehigh University Lewis & Clark College Northeastern University University of Notre Dame University of Oregon Parsons School of Design University of Pennsylvania Pitzer College University of Puget Sound Reed College Rhode Island School of Design University of Rochester Santa Clara University Sarah Lawrence College School of the Art Institute of Chicago Skidmore College St. John’s College St. Lawrence University Syracuse University The University of Texas, Austin, Tulane University Union College University of Vermont Wake Forest University Warren Wilson College University of Washington Western Washington University Whitman College Willamette University University of Wisconsin, Madison Yale University |
| % of Graduates Who Attend College | 100% |
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Contact Info
| Phone | 970-963-2562 |
| Address | 500 Holden Way - Carbondale, CO 81623 USA |
| Website | www.crms.org |
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