Best Cities in Colorado for Schools

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Rank (of 199)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	Indian Hills	1	0	0	0	0	0.991	1
2^nd	Cherry Hills Village	1	0	0	0	0	0.96	3	1
3^rd	Superior	2	0	0	0	1	0.941	2	1
4^th	Castle Pines	1	0	0	0	0	0.933		(n/a)
5^th	Niwot	1	0	1	0	0	0.931		(n/a)
6^th	Minturn	0	0	1	0	0	0.912	4	2
7^th	Peetz	1	0	1	0	0	0.912		(n/a)
8^th	Stratton	1	1	1	0	0	0.905		(n/a)
9^th	Lyons	1	0	1	0	0	0.896	6	3
10^th	Franktown	2	0	0	0	1	0.889	13	3
11^th	Highlands Ranch	17	3	4	2	8	0.887	8	3
12^th	Steamboat Springs	4	1	2	0	2	0.885	11	1
13^th	Greenwood Village	4	2	2	0	3	0.88	7	6
14^th	Fraser	1	0	0	0	0	0.873	29	15
15^th	Crested Butte	1	0	1	0	0	0.871	21	6
16^th	Pine	1	0	0	0	0	0.861	47	31
17^th	Mc Clave	1	0	1	0	0	0.858	10	7
18^th	Louisville	4	1	1	0	3	0.855	12	6
19^th	Aspen	2	1	1	0	1	0.851	39	20
20^th	Galeton	1	0	0	0	0	0.851	5	15
21^st	Larkspur	1	0	0	0	0	0.847	51	30
22^nd	Mead	1	1	0	0	0	0.836	15	7
23^rd	Ridgway	1	1	1	0	0	0.832	24	1
24^th	Fleming	1	0	1	0	0	0.829	30	6
25^th	Telluride	2	1	1	0	1	0.829	18	7
26^th	Conifer	1	1	1	0	1	0.822	16	10
27^th	Eads	1	1	1	0	0	0.822	59	32
28^th	Erie	7	1	1	0	3	0.821	20	8
29^th	Timnath	2	0	0	1	0	0.82	25	4
30^th	Woody Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.818	75	45
31^st	Boulder	18	6	6	1	14	0.806	19	12
32^nd	Oak Creek	0	1	1	0	0	0.796	14	18
33^rd	Parker	20	3	5	0	9	0.795	23	10
34^th	Manassa	1	0	0	0	0	0.791	74	40
35^th	Lone Tree	2	0	1	1	2	0.789	26	9
36^th	Broomfield	10	2	3	2	12	0.779	28	8
37^th	Berthoud	3	1	1	0	0	0.776	33	4
38^th	Breckenridge	2	0	1	0	0	0.774	43	5
39^th	Golden	9	2	3	4	1	0.772	45	6
40^th	Monument	4	1	2	1	1	0.769	22	18
41^st	Paonia	2	0	0	0	1	0.768	9	32
42^nd	Evergreen	6	2	2	0	6	0.759	27	15
43^rd	Lafayette	4	1	2	1	2	0.752	42	1
44^th	Centennial	18	1	5	0	9	0.752	32	12
45^th	Usaf Academy	1	0	1	0	0	0.751	40	5
46^th	Fort Collins	29	7	8	5	10	0.748	35	11
47^th	Castle Rock	16	2	4	1	3	0.734	31	16
48^th	Vail	1	0	0	0	1	0.728	58	10
49^th	Nederland	1	0	1	0	0	0.724	38	11
50^th	Morrison	2	0	0	0	0	0.723	52	2
51^st	Divide	1	0	0	0	0	0.719	49	2
52^nd	Palmer Lake	1	0	0	0	0	0.715	34	18
53^rd	Dacono	1	0	0	0	0	0.712	17	36
54^th	Littleton	27	9	5	1	15	0.705	44	10
55^th	Byers	1	0	1	0	0	0.704	50	5
56^th	Meeker	1	1	1	0	0	0.7	37	19
57^th	Bailey	1	1	1	0	0	0.683	41	16
58^th	Limon	1	0	1	0	0	0.678	67	9
59^th	Windsor	6	3	3	0	0	0.663	46	13
60^th	Mosca	1	0	1	0	0	0.659	60
61^st	Weston	1	0	1	0	0	0.659	64	3
62^nd	Manitou Springs	1	1	1	0	0	0.649	72	10
63^rd	Fruita	4	1	1	1	0	0.648	80	17
64^th	Palisade	1	0	1	0	0	0.648	54	10
65^th	Laporte	1	1	0	0	0	0.645	61	4
66^th	Elbert	1	0	1	0	0	0.641	96	30
67^th	Salida	3	2	2	0	0	0.637	36	31
68^th	Frisco	1	1	1	0	1	0.637	86	18
69^th	Eagle	2	1	1	0	1	0.634	70	1
70^th	Swink	1	0	1	0	0	0.628	68	2
71^st	Durango	7	3	4	1	6	0.625	55	16
72^nd	Woodland Park	3	1	1	1	1	0.624	53	19
73^rd	Cascade	1	0	0	0	0	0.622	48	25
74^th	Eaton	2	1	1	0	1	0.61	63	11
75^th	Iliff	1	0	1	0	0	0.598	186	111
76^th	Wellington	2	0	0	1	0	0.597	92	16
77^th	Black Hawk	1	0	1	0	0	0.593		(n/a)
78^th	Firestone	3	1	0	0	0	0.592	82	4
79^th	Colorado City	0	1	0	0	0	0.584	116	37
80^th	Simla	1	1	1	0	0	0.578	66	14
81^st	Wray	1	0	1	0	0	0.565	78	3
82^nd	La Jara	1	1	1	1	0	0.557	65	17
83^rd	Longmont	17	5	6	2	16	0.556	85	2
84^th	Hotchkiss	1	0	1	0	0	0.555	83	1
85^th	Cedaredge	1	1	1	0	0	0.553	91	6
86^th	Rye	1	0	1	0	0	0.549	88	2
87^th	Kersey	2	1	1	0	0	0.547	73	14
88^th	Carbondale	3	1	2	0	2	0.546	76	12
89^th	Falcon	4	0	1	1	0	0.54	84	5
90^th	Severance	1	0	1	0	0	0.538	69	21
91^st	Arvada	21	5	5	2	5	0.537	97	6
92^nd	Grand Junction	24	5	6	2	7	0.537	94	2
93^rd	Sanford	1	0	1	0	0	0.534	62	31
94^th	Fowler	1	1	1	0	0	0.531	101	7
95^th	Dillon	2	0	0	0	0	0.528	111	16
96^th	Merino	1	0	1	0	0	0.524	77	19
97^th	Buena Vista	2	1	2	0	2	0.522	129	32
98^th	Wheat Ridge	6	2	1	0	3	0.518	100	2
99^th	Colorado Springs	113	29	40	11	30	0.501	87	12
100^th	Canon City	6	1	1	0	2	0.5	109	9
101^st	Granby	2	1	1	0	0	0.498	95	6
102^nd	Johnstown	3	0	1	0	0	0.494	108	6
103^rd	Elizabeth	3	1	1	0	0	0.489	90	13
104^th	Loveland	17	3	4	1	6	0.489	99	5
105^th	Lakewood	24	8	15	3	8	0.485	113	8
106^th	Idalia	1	0	1	0	0	0.485	56	50
107^th	Haxtun	1	0	1	0	0	0.483	125	18
108^th	Peyton	2	2	2	1	1	0.481	89	19
109^th	Edwards	4	1	3	0	3	0.475	105	4
110^th	Collbran	1	1	2	0	0	0.474	93	17
111^th	Loma	1	0	0	0	1	0.472	81	30
112^th	Wiley	1	0	1	0	0	0.468	79	33
113^th	Dove Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.463	71	42
114^th	Pueblo West	6	3	2	1	1	0.458	104	10
115^th	Granada	1	0	1	0	0	0.452		(n/a)
116^th	Fairplay	1	1	1	0	0	0.451	57	59
117^th	Keenesburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.45	103	14
118^th	Englewood	10	4	7	3	7	0.447	107	11
119^th	Las Animas	2	1	1	0	0	0.446	127	8
120^th	Sedalia	1	0	0	0	0	0.445	145	25
121^st	Akron	1	0	1	0	0	0.445	102	19
122^nd	Delta	4	2	3	0	2	0.441	115	7
123^rd	Otis	2	1	2	0	0	0.441	114	9
124^th	Dolores	2	1	1	0	0	0.44	120	4
125^th	Montrose	6	2	3	2	1	0.436	112	13
126^th	Westcliffe	1	1	1	0	0	0.419	154	28
127^th	Westminster	18	4	6	3	11	0.414	118	9
128^th	Basalt	1	1	1	0	1	0.413	124	4
129^th	Gunnison	2	1	1	0	0	0.412	110	19
130^th	Cortez	6	1	2	0	2	0.408	126	4
131^st	Gilcrest	1	1	1	0	0	0.405	135	4
132^nd	Fountain	6	2	2	0	0	0.403	132
133^rd	Strasburg	1	1	2	0	0	0.402	150	17
134^th	New Castle	2	1	1	0	2	0.4	136	2
135^th	Estes Park	1	1	1	0	1	0.398	139	4
136^th	Del Norte	1	0	1	0	0	0.398	152	16
137^th	Silt	1	0	0	0	0	0.397	134	3
138^th	Hudson	1	0	0	1	0	0.395		(n/a)
139^th	Bayfield	2	1	1	0	0	0.394	138	1
140^th	Northglenn	11	2	2	1	1	0.387	128	12
141^st	Thornton	23	5	9	4	7	0.384	141
142^nd	Milliken	2	1	0	1	0	0.383	117	25
143^rd	Naturita	1	0	0	0	0	0.38	143
144^th	Kiowa	1	1	1	0	0	0.377	130	14
145^th	Calhan	2	1	2	0	1	0.376	119	26
146^th	Denver	132	32	61	7	67	0.372	142	4
147^th	Alamosa	2	1	3	0	2	0.372	153	6
148^th	Springfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.369	176	28
149^th	Monte Vista	3	2	3	1	1	0.365	157	8
150^th	Craig	4	1	1	0	1	0.361	147	3
151^st	Frederick	5	0	1	0	0	0.359	140	11
152^nd	Glenwood Springs	6	1	2	1	2	0.356	133	19
153^rd	Ault	0	1	1	0	0	0.351	163	10
154^th	Trinidad	1	1	1	1	3	0.348	148	6
155^th	Rocky Ford	2	0	1	0	0	0.338	151	4
156^th	Weldona	1	0	1	0	0	0.335		(n/a)
157^th	Avon	2	0	0	0	1	0.33	122	35
158^th	Brighton	10	2	5	1	6	0.32	155	3
159^th	Rangely	1	0	1	0	1	0.312	160	1
160^th	Florence	1	0	1	0	1	0.311	161	1
161^st	Yuma	2	1	1	0	0	0.305	137	24
162^nd	Aurora	73	15	12	4	18	0.302	158	4
163^rd	Wiggins	1	2	1	0	0	0.293	146	17
164^th	Lamar	4	1	1	0	0	0.292	149	15
165^th	La Salle	1	0	0	0	0	0.285	131	34
166^th	Henderson	3	1	1	0	0	0.282	172	6
167^th	Greeley	15	3	10	3	4	0.281	164	3
168^th	Fort Carson	3	1	0	0	0	0.277	175	7
169^th	Hayden	1	1	1	0	0	0.272	159	10
170^th	Rush	1	0	2	0	0	0.271	156	14
171^st	Pueblo	26	10	8	3	10	0.26	165	6
172^nd	Gypsum	3	2	1	0	0	0.259	179	7
173^rd	Pierce	1	0	0	0	0	0.246	171	2
174^th	Olathe	1	0	1	0	1	0.243	178	4
175^th	Ignacio	2	1	1	0	2	0.242	180	5
176^th	Commerce City	14	4	3	1	2	0.237	168	8
177^th	Clifton	2	1	0	0	1	0.236	192	15
178^th	Mancos	2	1	1	0	0	0.235	144	34
179^th	Holyoke	1	0	2	0	0	0.222	181	2
180^th	Rifle	3	1	1	0	0	0.221	182	2
181^st	Kremmling	2	0	1	0	1	0.217	169	12
182^nd	Brush	2	1	1	0	1	0.211		(n/a)
183^rd	Lochbuie	2	0	0	0	0	0.208	193	10
184^th	Burlington	1	1	1	0	1	0.208	184
185^th	Evans	5	1	0	0	0	0.196	173	12
186^th	Bennett	3	1	1	0	0	0.196	174	12
187^th	Platteville	1	1	0	0	0	0.195	177	10
188^th	Penrose	1	0	0	0	0	0.193	166	22
189^th	Silverthorne	1	0	0	0	0	0.187	183	6
190^th	Ordway	1	0	1	1	0	0.181	167	23
191^st	Fort Morgan	5	1	2	0	2	0.177	185	6
192^nd	Fort Lupton	3	1	1	0	0	0.174	188	4
193^rd	La Junta	2	0	2	0	0	0.118	196	3
194^th	Leadville	2	0	2	0	1	0.112	191	3
195^th	Cripple Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.111	162	33
196^th	Parachute	2	1	1	0	0	0.104	189	7
197^th	Deer Trail	1	0	1	0	0	0.097	187	10
198^th	Edgewater	2	0	1	0	0	0.075	197	1
199^th	Walsenburg	1	0	1	0	0	0.064	195	4

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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 21, 2025, 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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