Ralston Valley High School is an eight-time recipient of an "Excellent" rating by the Colorado Department of Education.

The school building, situated on a 54-acre (220,000 m2) site in northwest Arvada, was designed by LKA Partners and won a Merit Award in 2002 from the Colorado chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

[5] This renovation closed off the lower level in a full square to connect the science, math and (new) foreign language halls.

Ralston Valley has won nine state championship titles in softball, boys' basketball, baseball, swimming & diving, coed cheerleading, and poms.

Ralston Valley seniors have received athletic scholarships at Division I and II NCAA schools, along with nearly every US service academy.

[citation needed] Ralston Valley fields teams in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross county, football, golf, ice hockey, girls' lacrosse, poms, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling in interscholastic competition.

Ralston Valley initially competed in Class 4A Athletics in every sport except football.