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)
080330000290	261	Del Norte High Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	950 French Street	Del Norte	81132	Rio Grande County	Upper Rio Grande School District C-7	No	No	No	No	(719) 657-4050	188	16	11.7	42.0%	65 (34.6%)	0 (0.0%)	113 (60.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (4.3%)	$16,903							23.3	27.5	246	15
080414000572	262	Sierra Grande K-12 School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	17523 East Highway 160	Blanca	81123	Costilla County	Sierra Grande School District No. R-30	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 379-3257	289	19	14.8	77.5%	55 (19.0%)	0 (0.0%)	226 (78.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.4%)	$18,015							23.2	36.5	214	48
080420000580	263	Valley High School	Public	9-12	1001 Birch Street	Gilcrest	80623	Weld County	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 350-4201	530	37	14.1	41.5%	186 (35.1%)	1 (0.2%)	333 (62.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.3%)	$18,217							23.1	24.6	258	5
080285000179	264	Center High School	Public	9-12	550 S. Sylvester Avenue	Center	81125	Rio Grande County	Center Consolidated School District No. 26 Jt.	No	No	No	No	(719) 754-2232	162	13	12.5	90.1%	10 (6.2%)	1 (0.6%)	148 (91.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$41,362							22.9			(n/a)
080336006636	265	DSST: Cole High School	Public, Charter	9-12	3240 Humboldt Street	Denver	80205	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(720) 524-6354	308	29	10.6	84.4%	7 (2.3%)	41 (13.3%)	253 (82.1%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	$22,750							22.9	24	261	4
080627001103	266	Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	100 West Washington	Rocky Ford	81067	Otero County	Rocky Ford School District No. R2	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 254-7431	285	23	12.3	71.2%	61 (21.4%)	0 (0.0%)	217 (76.1%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$17,091							22.6	25.1	257	9
080002006390	267	Early College of Arvada	Public, Charter	6-12	4905 West 60th Avenue	Arvada	80003	Jefferson County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	Yes	(303) 935-5473	208	13	16.1	68.8%	51 (24.5%)	3 (1.4%)	142 (68.3%)	10 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,478							22.5	17.8	285	18
080690001188	268	Northglenn High School	Public	9-12	601 West 100th Place	Northglenn	80221	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-4600	1,959	100	19.6	69.3%	377 (19.2%)	22 (1.1%)	1,451 (74.1%)	46 (2.3%)	11 (0.6%)	4 (0.2%)	48 (2.5%)	$13,335							22.3	23.5	265	3
080477000689	269	Ignacio High School	Public	9-12	315 Becker Street	Ignacio	81137	La Plata County	Ignacio School District No. 11Jt	No	No	No	No	(970) 563-0515	201	21	9.5	60.7%	65 (32.3%)	1 (0.5%)	65 (32.3%)	2 (1.0%)	55 (27.4%)	1 (0.5%)	12 (6.0%)	$22,483							22.2	21.6	271	2
080537001284	270	Skyline High School	Public	9-12	600 East Mountain View	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(720) 494-3741	1,354	67	20.2	61.7%	393 (29.0%)	15 (1.1%)	884 (65.3%)	14 (1.0%)	8 (0.6%)	6 (0.4%)	34 (2.5%)	$14,209							22.1	26.7	250	20

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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.