Best Cities in Colorado for Schools

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Rank (of 197)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Indian Hills	1	0	0	0	0	0.983	1
2^nd	Superior	2	0	0	0	1	0.964	2
3^rd	Cherry Hills Village	1	0	0	0	0	0.951	3
4^th	Minturn	0	0	1	0	0	0.928		(n/a)
5^th	Galeton	1	0	0	0	0	0.922	56	51
6^th	Lyons	1	0	1	0	0	0.918	5	1
7^th	Greenwood Village	4	2	2	0	3	0.899	6	1
8^th	Highlands Ranch	17	3	4	2	8	0.879	8
9^th	Paonia	2	0	0	0	1	0.867	14	5
10^th	Mc Clave	1	0	1	0	0	0.866	27	17
11^th	Steamboat Springs	4	1	2	0	2	0.866	11
12^th	Louisville	4	1	1	0	3	0.865	13	1
13^th	Franktown	2	0	0	0	1	0.856	29	16
14^th	Oak Creek	0	1	1	0	0	0.851	37	23
15^th	Mead	1	1	0	0	0	0.85	21	6
16^th	Conifer	1	1	1	0	1	0.843	16
17^th	Dacono	1	0	0	0	0	0.83	15	2
18^th	Telluride	2	1	1	0	1	0.826	24	6
19^th	Boulder	17	6	6	1	14	0.822	17	2
20^th	Erie	7	1	1	0	3	0.809	22	2
21^st	Crested Butte	1	0	1	0	0	0.807	12	9
22^nd	Monument	4	1	2	1	1	0.806	19	3
23^rd	Parker	19	3	5	0	9	0.802	30	7
24^th	Ridgway	1	1	1	0	0	0.785	18	6
25^th	Timnath	2	0	0	0	0	0.785	28	3
26^th	Lone Tree	2	0	1	1	2	0.781	25	1
27^th	Evergreen	6	2	2	0	6	0.78	20	7
28^th	Broomfield	10	2	3	2	12	0.778	32	4
29^th	Fraser	1	0	0	0	0	0.769	39	10
30^th	Fleming	1	0	1	0	0	0.763	4	26
31^st	Castle Rock	16	2	4	1	3	0.757	42	11
32^nd	Centennial	17	1	5	0	9	0.755	53	21
33^rd	Berthoud	2	1	1	0	0	0.754	34	1
34^th	Palmer Lake	1	0	0	0	0	0.751	47	13
35^th	Fort Collins	29	7	8	5	10	0.748	38	3
36^th	Salida	2	2	2	0	0	0.745	33	3
37^th	Meeker	1	1	1	0	0	0.744	40	3
38^th	Nederland	1	0	1	0	0	0.744	60	22
39^th	Aspen	1	1	1	0	1	0.733	31	8
40^th	Usaf Academy	1	0	1	0	0	0.733	23	17
41^st	Bailey	1	1	1	0	0	0.73	48	7
42^nd	Lafayette	4	1	2	1	2	0.721	46	4
43^rd	Breckenridge	2	0	1	0	0	0.72	62	19
44^th	Littleton	27	9	5	1	15	0.714	49	5
45^th	Golden	10	2	4	4	1	0.706	36	9
46^th	Windsor	6	3	3	0	0	0.699	41	5
47^th	Pine	1	0	0	0	0	0.696	59	12
48^th	Cascade	1	0	0	0	0	0.692	58	10
49^th	Divide	1	0	0	0	0	0.69	79	30
50^th	Byers	1	0	1	0	0	0.688	82	32
51^st	Larkspur	1	0	0	0	0	0.68	35	16
52^nd	Morrison	2	0	0	0	0	0.671	78	26
53^rd	Woodland Park	3	1	1	1	1	0.67	89	36
54^th	Palisade	1	0	1	0	0	0.664	69	15
55^th	Durango	7	3	4	1	6	0.66	64	9
56^th	Idalia	1	0	1	0	0	0.659	9	47
57^th	Fairplay	1	1	1	0	0	0.654	147	90
58^th	Vail	1	0	0	0	1	0.652	55	3
59^th	Eads	1	1	1	0	0	0.65	10	49
60^th	Mosca	1	0	1	0	0	0.647	51	9
61^st	Laporte	1	1	0	0	0	0.645	63	2
62^nd	Sanford	1	0	1	0	0	0.644	77	15
63^rd	Eaton	2	1	1	0	1	0.629	52	11
64^th	Weston	1	0	1	0	0	0.626	84	20
65^th	La Jara	1	1	1	1	0	0.622	50	15
66^th	Simla	1	1	1	0	0	0.622	43	23
67^th	Limon	1	0	1	0	0	0.616	66	1
68^th	Swink	1	0	1	0	0	0.609	44	24
69^th	Severance	1	0	1	0	0	0.607	72	3
70^th	Eagle	2	1	1	0	1	0.6	45	25
71^st	Dove Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.599	57	14
72^nd	Manitou Springs	1	1	1	0	0	0.598	67	5
73^rd	Kersey	1	1	1	0	0	0.594	71	2
74^th	Manassa	1	0	0	0	0	0.587	85	11
75^th	Woody Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.586		(n/a)
76^th	Carbondale	3	1	2	0	2	0.582	90	14
77^th	Merino	1	0	1	0	0	0.576	73	4
78^th	Wray	1	0	1	0	0	0.574	91	13
79^th	Wiley	1	0	1	0	0	0.574	117	38
80^th	Fruita	4	1	1	0	0	0.573	101	21
81^st	Loma	1	0	0	0	1	0.572	132	51
82^nd	Firestone	3	1	0	0	0	0.57	75	7
83^rd	Hotchkiss	1	0	1	0	0	0.566	94	11
84^th	Falcon	4	0	1	1	0	0.557	83	1
85^th	Longmont	18	5	7	2	16	0.543	80	5
86^th	Frisco	1	1	1	0	1	0.531	70	16
87^th	Colorado Springs	111	29	40	11	30	0.531	88	1
88^th	Rye	1	0	1	0	0	0.531	65	23
89^th	Peyton	2	2	2	1	1	0.531	100	11
90^th	Elizabeth	2	1	1	0	0	0.526	81	9
91^st	Cedaredge	1	1	1	0	0	0.525	74	17
92^nd	Wellington	2	0	0	0	0	0.521	76	16
93^rd	Collbran	1	1	2	0	0	0.514	122	29
94^th	Grand Junction	23	5	6	2	7	0.512	93	1
95^th	Granby	2	1	1	0	0	0.51	87	8
96^th	Elbert	1	0	1	0	0	0.509	109	13
97^th	Arvada	20	5	5	2	5	0.509	96	1
98^th	Yampa	1	0	0	0	0	0.508		(n/a)
99^th	Loveland	16	3	4	1	6	0.507	97	2
100^th	Wheat Ridge	5	2	1	0	3	0.505	112	12
101^st	Fowler	1	1	1	0	0	0.502	102	1
102^nd	Akron	1	0	1	0	0	0.501	68	34
103^rd	Keenesburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.486	158	55
104^th	Pueblo West	6	3	2	1	1	0.483	114	10
105^th	Edwards	3	1	3	0	3	0.48	95	10
106^th	Manzanola	1	0	1	0	0	0.476		(n/a)
107^th	Englewood	8	4	7	3	7	0.47	103	4
108^th	Johnstown	3	0	1	0	0	0.47	104	4
109^th	Canon City	6	1	1	0	2	0.464	107	2
110^th	Gunnison	1	1	1	0	0	0.463	115	5
111^th	Dillon	2	0	0	0	0	0.457	105	6
112^th	Montrose	5	2	3	2	1	0.455	92	20
113^th	Lakewood	23	8	15	3	8	0.453	108	5
114^th	Otis	2	1	2	0	0	0.453	119	5
115^th	Delta	3	2	3	0	2	0.451	127	12
116^th	Colorado City	0	1	0	0	0	0.445	118	2
117^th	Milliken	2	1	0	0	0	0.443	140	23
118^th	Westminster	17	4	6	3	11	0.437	113	5
119^th	Calhan	2	1	2	0	1	0.425	129	10
120^th	Dolores	1	1	1	0	0	0.425	137	17
121^st	Cotopaxi	1	0	1	0	0	0.421	99	22
122^nd	Avon	2	0	0	0	1	0.41	143	21
123^rd	Nucla	0	1	1	0	0	0.41	164	41
124^th	Basalt	1	1	1	0	1	0.408	120	4
125^th	Haxtun	1	0	1	0	0	0.408	128	3
126^th	Cortez	5	1	2	0	2	0.403	170	44
127^th	Las Animas	1	1	1	0	0	0.396	148	21
128^th	Northglenn	11	2	2	1	1	0.395	125	3
129^th	Buena Vista	1	1	2	0	2	0.395	111	18
130^th	Kiowa	1	1	1	0	0	0.394	121	9
131^st	La Salle	1	0	0	0	0	0.393	130	1
132^nd	Fountain	5	2	2	0	0	0.391	151	19
133^rd	Glenwood Springs	5	1	2	1	2	0.387	149	16
134^th	Silt	1	0	0	0	0	0.386	161	27
135^th	Gilcrest	1	1	1	0	0	0.382	160	25
136^th	New Castle	2	1	1	0	2	0.382	124	12
137^th	Yuma	1	1	1	0	0	0.381	116	21
138^th	Bayfield	2	1	1	0	0	0.38	131	7
139^th	Estes Park	1	1	1	0	1	0.376	123	16
140^th	Frederick	4	0	1	0	0	0.372	142	2
141^st	Thornton	21	5	9	4	7	0.365	146	5
142^nd	Denver	128	32	61	5	67	0.363	141	1
143^rd	Naturita	1	0	0	0	0	0.363		(n/a)
144^th	Mancos	1	1	1	0	0	0.361	139	5
145^th	Sedalia	1	0	0	0	0	0.358		(n/a)
146^th	Wiggins	1	2	1	0	0	0.356	126	20
147^th	Craig	3	1	1	0	1	0.347	156	9
148^th	Trinidad	1	1	1	1	3	0.345	144	4
149^th	Lamar	3	1	1	0	0	0.341	134	15
150^th	Strasburg	1	1	2	0	0	0.338	154	4
151^st	Rocky Ford	2	0	1	0	0	0.333	157	6
152^nd	Del Norte	1	0	1	0	0	0.333	162	10
153^rd	Alamosa	2	1	3	0	2	0.326	153
154^th	Westcliffe	1	1	1	0	0	0.324	136	18
155^th	Brighton	9	2	5	1	6	0.311	152	3
156^th	Rush	1	0	2	0	0	0.305	166	10
157^th	Monte Vista	3	2	3	1	1	0.3	138	19
158^th	Aurora	66	15	12	3	18	0.297	167	9
159^th	Hayden	1	1	1	0	0	0.296	135	24
160^th	Rangely	1	0	1	0	1	0.294	179	19
161^st	Florence	1	0	1	0	1	0.286	168	7
162^nd	Cripple Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.284	188	26
163^rd	Ault	0	1	1	0	0	0.277	133	30
164^th	Greeley	15	3	10	3	4	0.277	165	1
165^th	Pueblo	25	10	8	3	10	0.272	176	11
166^th	Penrose	1	0	0	0	0	0.265	163	3
167^th	Ordway	1	0	1	1	0	0.261	175	8
168^th	Commerce City	12	4	3	0	2	0.26	174	6
169^th	Kremmling	2	0	1	0	1	0.258	177	8
170^th	Sterling	2	1	1	0	0	0.257		(n/a)
171^st	Pierce	1	0	0	0	0	0.255	192	21
172^nd	Henderson	3	1	1	0	0	0.252	173	1
173^rd	Evans	5	1	0	0	0	0.249	171	2
174^th	Bennett	2	1	1	0	0	0.249	183	9
175^th	Fort Carson	3	1	0	0	0	0.247	169	6
176^th	Springfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.242	145	31
177^th	Platteville	1	1	0	0	0	0.241	178	1
178^th	Olathe	1	0	1	0	1	0.236	193	15
179^th	Gypsum	3	2	1	0	0	0.231	159	20
180^th	Ignacio	1	1	1	0	2	0.227	184	4
181^st	Holyoke	1	0	2	0	0	0.211	186	5
182^nd	Rifle	3	1	1	0	0	0.211	180	2
183^rd	Silverthorne	1	0	0	0	0	0.201	191	8
184^th	Burlington	1	1	1	0	1	0.191	185	1
185^th	Fort Morgan	5	1	2	0	2	0.188	181	4
186^th	Iliff	1	0	1	0	0	0.187	150	36
187^th	Deer Trail	1	0	1	0	0	0.186	155	32
188^th	Fort Lupton	2	1	1	0	0	0.17	196	8
189^th	Parachute	2	1	1	0	0	0.17	195	6
190^th	Center	1	1	3	0	1	0.165	187	3
191^st	Leadville	2	0	2	0	1	0.165	189	2
192^nd	Clifton	2	1	0	0	1	0.142	194	2
193^rd	Lochbuie	2	0	0	0	0	0.133	182	11
194^th	Avondale	1	0	0	0	0	0.103		(n/a)
195^th	Walsenburg	1	0	1	0	0	0.1	197	2
196^th	La Junta	2	0	2	0	0	0.094	198	2
197^th	Edgewater	2	0	1	0	0	0.064	199	2

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Colorado Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 29, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Colorado Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Department of Education.