Gateway High School is a public high school in

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, United States. It is one of five high schools in Aurora Public Schools, and the school offers a variety of Advanced Placement courses. Gateway's student newspaper is ''The Gateway Medallion'' and the yearbook is ''The Olympiad''.

Performing arts

Percussion: *State champions, 1994-1999, 2003-2004 (Rocky Mountain Percussion Association, Concert Class) *World champions, 1996, 1997 (

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Athletics

Softball: * 1992 6A State champions Football: *2021 4A State finalists

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 1438 students enrolled in 2020–2021 was as follows: *Native American: 0.9% *Asian: 4.1% *Black: 17.5% *Hispanic: 59.5% *White: 11.8% *Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 2.2% *Two or more races: 3.9% 54.3% of the students were male, and 45.7% were female. 71.2% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.

Notable alumni

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, Professional football player for the

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, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy *

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, Grammy-nominated jazz musician * Clyde Rucker, CEO of

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References

External links

* {{authority control Aurora Public Schools (Colorado) Public high schools in Colorado Educational institutions established in 1973 Schools in Arapahoe County, Colorado 1973 establishments in Colorado International Baccalaureate schools in Colorado