Best High Schools in Colorado

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the PSAT10 and PSAT9 and SAT and CMAS test scores by the Colorado Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, August 29, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 349)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
080306001589	131	CIVA Charter Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	4635 Northpark Drive	Colorado Springs	80918	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 633-1306	194	19	10.4	26.8%	141 (72.7%)	2 (1.0%)	30 (15.5%)	2 (1.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (8.2%)	$13,116							57.3	66	109	22
080336001833	132	DSST: Montview High School	Public, Charter	9-12	2000 Valentia Street	Denver	80238	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(303) 320-5570	570	42	13.4	66.7%	80 (14.0%)	200 (35.1%)	231 (40.5%)	16 (2.8%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (7.0%)	$13,358							56.8	54.5	141	9
080579000992	133	Montrose High School	Public	9-12	600 South Selig Avenue	Montrose	81401	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	No	No	No	(970) 249-6636	1,261	63	20	39.6%	723 (57.3%)	8 (0.6%)	482 (38.2%)	10 (0.8%)	4 (0.3%)	5 (0.4%)	29 (2.3%)	$12,508							56.6	50.2	158	25
080426000590	134	Roaring Fork High School	Public	9-12	2270 Highway 133	Carbondale	81623	Garfield County	Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 384-5757	427	23	18.8	25.5%	199 (46.6%)	4 (0.9%)	206 (48.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.0%)	$16,606							56.5	68.2	103	31
080360000476	135	Eaton High School	Public	9-12	1661 Collins Street	Eaton	80615	Weld County	Weld County School District No. Re-2	No	No	No	No	(970) 454-3374	586	36	16.2	26.1%	418 (71.3%)	1 (0.2%)	154 (26.3%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.4%)	$13,495							56.4	48.5	163	28
080270000164	136	Byers Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	444 East Front Street	Byers	80103	Arapahoe County	Byers School District No. 32J	No	No	No	No	(303) 822-5292	251	18	14.3	37.5%	183 (72.9%)	2 (0.8%)	61 (24.3%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,872							56.3	54.6	140	4
080735006783	137	Severance High School	Public	9-12	1200 Hidden Valley Parkway	Severance	80550	Weld County	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4	No	No	No	No	(970) 833-7100	879	47	18.7	19.2%	599 (68.1%)	8 (0.9%)	231 (26.3%)	19 (2.2%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (2.0%)	$12,638							55.7	57.5	132	5
080480006466	138	Two Roads Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	6980 Pierce Street	Arvada	80003	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 423-3377	331	36	9.1		223 (67.4%)	6 (1.8%)	90 (27.2%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.7%)	$8,281							55.4	53.8	147	9
080579006499	139	Peak Virtual Academy	Public, Alternative	K-12	526 N. 6th Street	Montrose	81401	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	No	No	No	(970) 249-7726	214	15	14.6		174 (81.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (15.0%)	3 (1.4%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	$13,490							55.3	69.8	96	43
080342000429	140	Dove Creek High School	Public	6-12	525 North Main Street	Dove Creek	81324	Dolores County	Dolores County School District Re-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 677-2237	139	12	11.5	45.3%	125 (89.9%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.8%)	1 (0.7%)	3 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	$19,088							55	63.3	119	21

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on PSAT10 Reading and Writing, PSAT10 Mathematics, CMAS Science, SAT Reading and Writing, SAT Mathematics, PSAT9 Reading and Writing, PSAT9 Mathematics 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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.