Best High Schools in Colorado for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Colorado!

Every year, the Colorado Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Colorado test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the PSAT10 and PSAT9 and SAT 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 (Special Education vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 77)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
080249000114	1	Fairview High School	Public	9-12	1515 Greenbriar Boulevard	Boulder	80305	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-3100	1,977	91	21.6	8.9%	1,394 (70.5%)	13 (0.7%)	208 (10.5%)	192 (9.7%)	2 (0.1%)	5 (0.3%)	163 (8.2%)	$16,592							98.7%	95.9%	2.77%
080291000186	2	Cherry Creek High School	Public	9-12	9300 East Union Avenue	Greenwood Village	80111	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	No	(720) 554-2000	3,809	189	20.1	12.5%	2,437 (64.0%)	134 (3.5%)	518 (13.6%)	487 (12.8%)	17 (0.4%)	7 (0.2%)	209 (5.5%)	$14,230							97.4%	91.4%	6.00%
080345001961	3	Rock Canyon High School	Public	9-12	5810 McArthur Ranch Road	Highlands Ranch	80124	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-3000	2,376	110	21.5	4.1%	1,737 (73.1%)	24 (1.0%)	231 (9.7%)	278 (11.7%)	12 (0.5%)	1 (0.0%)	93 (3.9%)	$14,731							96.1%	93.2%	2.89%
080582001003	4	Lewis-Palmer High School	Public	9-12	1300 Higby Road	Monument	80132	El Paso County	Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38	No	No	No	No	(719) 488-4720	1,151	51	22.4		903 (78.5%)	22 (1.9%)	145 (12.6%)	20 (1.7%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (4.9%)	$11,954							94.8%	83.7%	11.09%
080480001542	5	Conifer Senior High School	Public	9-12	10441 County Highway 73	Conifer	80433	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-5255	815	43	19.1	9.9%	704 (86.4%)	3 (0.4%)	64 (7.9%)	10 (1.2%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (3.4%)	$15,077							93.5%	81.4%	12.06%
080399001848	6	Fossil Ridge High School	Public	9-12	5400 Ziegler Road	Fort Collins	80528	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-6260	2,263	110	20.5	8.5%	1,803 (79.7%)	11 (0.5%)	224 (9.9%)	127 (5.6%)	5 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	91 (4.0%)	$14,243							92.2%	92.8%	0.55%
080249001632	7	Monarch High School	Public	9-12	329 Campus Drive	Louisville	80027	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-4200	1,515	75	20.1	11.0%	1,179 (77.8%)	13 (0.9%)	155 (10.2%)	77 (5.1%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	87 (5.7%)	$17,002							90.9%	88.7%	2.22%
080582006369	8	Palmer Ridge High School	Public	9-12	19255 Monument Hill Road	Monument	80132	El Paso County	Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38	No	No	No	No	(719) 867-8600	1,206	56	21.5		956 (79.3%)	20 (1.7%)	127 (10.5%)	28 (2.3%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	71 (5.9%)	$12,573							89.6%	84.2%	5.45%
080480001797	9	Ralston Valley Senior High School	Public	9-12	13355 West 80th Avenue	Arvada	80005	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-5600	1,813	89	20.3	8.2%	1,482 (81.7%)	9 (0.5%)	203 (11.2%)	47 (2.6%)	4 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	65 (3.6%)	$13,490							88.3%	90.0%	1.73%
080192001905	10	Discovery Canyon Campus High School	Public	9-12	1810 Northgate Boulevard	Colorado Springs	80921	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-1800	1,123	60	18.5	5.9%	795 (70.8%)	19 (1.7%)	151 (13.4%)	64 (5.7%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	91 (8.1%)	$13,512							87.0%	78.3%	8.73%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on PSAT10 Reading and Writing, PSAT10 Mathematics, 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.

Educational resources:

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Department of Education.