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Arvada West High School was contracted in 1961 and opened in 1963. [4] By the late 1990s, Arvada West was serving so many students it was on a split schedule. Ralston Valley High School, which opened in 2000, relieved the overcrowding. [5]
When Jefferson County was organized by the Territorial government in 1861, the capability of organizing public schools became reality, and George West became the first superintendent of Jefferson County schools. After a mill levy was created in 1862, the first two school districts, Golden and Vasquez (roughly today's Wheat Ridge/Arvada area ...
The first Arvada High School was located at 7225 Ralston Road and served students until 1955. The building served as a junior high school until 1984 and was demolished in 1986. A new building at 5751 Balsam Street served students until 1971, when the school's current building was completed at 7951 W. 65th Avenue and the Balsam Street location ...
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The mascot of Ralston Valley is the mustang. It was selected based on votes from local elementary and middle school students in Jefferson County, as well as Arvada West HS students who would be attending RVHS. The mascot is significant to the location of the school, which is located on land that was formerly a ranch that raised and bred horses.
Located in Arvada, and a part of the Jefferson County Public School district, the school has also been said to be named for the area which was once named the Pomona Ranch. The original farm house for the Pomona Ranch was located at the current spot of McDonald's at the corner of 80th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard
Arvada (/ ɑːr ˈ v æ d ə /) is a home rule city located in Jefferson and Adams counties, Colorado, United States. [1] The city population was 124,402 at the 2020 United States Census , with 121,510 residing in Jefferson County and 2,892 in Adams County. [ 7 ]
Succeeding years saw the first class advance in grade until the school served a full 7–12 program in the 1997–1998 school year. [ citation needed ] A bond issue passed by Jefferson County voters in 1998 [ 13 ] funded a new building for the school, which opened at the school's present location in 2001.