Best Public Schools in Highlands Ranch, CO

Summary:

The city of Highlands Ranch, Colorado is home to 26 schools that serve students from elementary through high school, all part of the Douglas County School District No. Re 1. This high-performing district is ranked 9th out of 115 school districts in Colorado and is rated 5 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Several schools in Highlands Ranch stand out as top performers, including Rock Canyon High School, which is ranked 19th out of 349 Colorado high schools, and STEM School Highlands Ranch, an alternative public charter school with exceptional proficiency rates across various assessments. At the elementary level, Northridge Elementary, Stone Mountain Elementary, and Heritage Elementary are among the top-ranked schools in the state.

While the schools in Highlands Ranch generally perform well, with many exceeding district and state averages on standardized tests, there is a noticeable gap in performance between the top-performing elementary schools and some of the lower-performing ones. Additionally, the student-teacher ratios and free and reduced lunch rates vary significantly across the schools, which may be contributing factors to the differences in academic achievement.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				PSAT10 Reading and Writing (2023)	PSAT10 Mathematics (2023)	PSAT9 Reading and Writing (2023)	PSAT9 Mathematics (2023)	SAT Reading and Writing (2023)	SAT Mathematics (2023)	CMAS English Language Arts (2023)							CMAS Math (2023)							CMAS Science (2023)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT10 Reading and Writing 10th Grade	PSAT10 Mathematics 10th Grade	PSAT9 Reading and Writing 9th Grade	PSAT9 Mathematics 9th Grade	SAT Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 3rd Grade	CMAS Math 4th Grade	CMAS Math 5th Grade	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	CMAS Science 8th Grade	CMAS Science 11th Grade	Total
Summit View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	10200 South Piedmont Drive	Highlands Ranch	80126	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-6800	430	25	17.0	2.1%	339 (78.8%)	2 (0.5%)	39 (9.1%)	24 (5.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.8%)	94	39^th of 935 public elementary schools	95.8%		95.3	30^th of 921 public elementary schools	96.7%	9							71.7	66.1	86.0	81.8			76.4	66.7	58.1	71.2	71.8			67.1	64.7			$15,225
Coyote Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2861 Baneberry Court	Highlands Ranch	80129	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-6175	470	26	18.0	5.5%	354 (75.3%)	6 (1.3%)	53 (11.3%)	15 (3.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (8.3%)	89.5	78^th of 935 public elementary schools	91.7%		79.1	181^st of 921 public elementary schools	80.3%	103							61.5	56.5	76.1	87.5			71.0	69.2	52.2	55.7	67.9			61.6	64.8			$15,583
Fox Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	6585 Collegiate Drive	Highlands Ranch	80130	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-7000	479	29	16.7	8.1%	336 (70.1%)	5 (1.0%)	70 (14.6%)	23 (4.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (9.2%)	80.5	161^st of 935 public elementary schools	82.8%		80.4	161^st of 921 public elementary schools	82.5%								64.4	51.7	70.6	69.6			63.8	60.0	36.2	60.8	43.6			50.0	66.7			$14,528
Northridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	555 South Park Road	Highlands Ranch	80126	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-6525	566	35	16.1	9.5%	365 (64.5%)	9 (1.6%)	75 (13.3%)	68 (12.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (8.5%)	97.2	17^th of 935 public elementary schools	98.2%		96.2	19^th of 921 public elementary schools	97.9%	2							79.0	79.7	80.5	82.1			80.3	83.8	78.4	68.8	70.1			75.5	77.9			$14,947
Sand Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	8898 South Maplewood Drive	Highlands Ranch	80126	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-6600	365	24	15.3	15.3%	237 (64.9%)	4 (1.1%)	70 (19.2%)	12 (3.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (10.7%)	78	180^th of 935 public elementary schools	80.7%		75.7	202^nd of 921 public elementary schools	78.1%	22							43.2	51.7	65.8	77.2			62.1	48.7	51.7	66.7	44.1			51.8	50.0			$15,932
Highlands Ranch High School	Public	9-12	9375 Cresthill Lane	Highlands Ranch	80130	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-2500	1,538	86	17.8		1,040 (67.6%)	36 (2.3%)	271 (17.6%)	88 (5.7%)	10 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	92 (6.0%)	81.8	58^th of 352 public high schools	83.5%		71.7	60^th of 221 public high schools	72.9%	2	78.0	54.0	81.0	69.0	74.0	51.0																	43.6	$16,533
Cougar Run Elementary School	Public	K-6	8780 Venneford Ranch Road	Highlands Ranch	80126	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-6675	344	20	17.2	13.4%	243 (70.6%)	3 (0.9%)	52 (15.1%)	20 (5.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.3%)	77.7	184^th of 935 public elementary schools	80.3%		82.2	142^nd of 921 public elementary schools	84.6%	42							60.0	80.4	71.8	64.7			68.9	50.0	44.2	38.5	44.0			44.7	48.7			$18,514
Ranch View Middle School	Public	7-8	1731 Wildcat Reserve Parkway	Highlands Ranch	80129	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-2300	822	46	17.8	7.7%	634 (77.1%)	7 (0.9%)	117 (14.2%)	20 (2.4%)	6 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	36 (4.4%)	89.6	41^st of 481 public middle schools	91.5%		91.1	31^st of 448 public middle schools	93.1%	10											68.9	71.6	70.3					49.3	59.8	54.8		54.1		$14,034
Thunderridge High School	Public	9-12	1991 Wildcat Reserve Parkway	Highlands Ranch	80129	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-2000	1,881	91	20.5		1,421 (75.5%)	15 (0.8%)	264 (14.0%)	71 (3.8%)	10 (0.5%)	4 (0.2%)	96 (5.1%)	87.7	33^rd of 352 public high schools	90.6%		80.8	34^th of 221 public high schools	84.6%	1	84.0	64.0	84.0	74.0	76.0	57.0																	41.4	$13,835
Platte River Charter Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	4085 Lark Sparrow St.	Highlands Ranch	80126	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 221-1070	477	29	16.7		329 (69.0%)	4 (0.8%)	35 (7.3%)	64 (13.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (8.8%)	92.4	54^th of 935 public elementary schools	94.2%		90.9	60^th of 921 public elementary schools	93.5%	6							86.5	76.0	71.7	73.6	88.2	67.5	77.6	90.2	70.0	52.9	56.6	58.8	72.5	66.6	60.0	61.9		$9,676
Trailblazer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	9760 South Hackberry	Highlands Ranch	80126	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-6250	312	22	14.5	9.9%	226 (72.4%)	4 (1.3%)	53 (17.0%)	4 (1.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (7.4%)	82.1	146^th of 935 public elementary schools	84.4%		87.6	92^nd of 921 public elementary schools	90.0%	54							37.1	65.0	77.1	73.3			63.9	42.9	59.0	69.4	53.3			56.1	61.1			$17,074
Saddle Ranch Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	805 West English Sparrow Trail	Highlands Ranch	80129	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-6400	353	22	15.7	5.1%	281 (79.6%)	1 (0.3%)	33 (9.3%)	21 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.8%)	85.7	111^th of 935 public elementary schools	88.1%		89.5	76^th of 921 public elementary schools	91.7%	35							58.1	75.0	65.3	67.4			66.8	45.5	73.6	74.0	55.8			63.2	49.0			$16,151
Eldorado Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1305 Timbervale Trail	Highlands Ranch	80126	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-6325	392	28	14.2	8.4%	268 (68.4%)	8 (2.0%)	69 (17.6%)	15 (3.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.9%)	85.1	118^th of 935 public elementary schools	87.4%		88.5	82^nd of 921 public elementary schools	91.1%	36							76.5	62.2	62.1	71.9			68.2	80.0	56.8	49.1	41.8			56.3	60.7			$16,492
Heritage Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3350 Summit View Parkway	Highlands Ranch	80126	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-6725	372	22	16.9	7.5%	262 (70.4%)	4 (1.1%)	61 (16.4%)	22 (5.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.9%)	97.4	14^th of 935 public elementary schools	98.5%		97.6	11^th of 921 public elementary schools	98.8%	3							65.9	88.6	88.9	89.7			84.3	78.0	80.0	68.5	81.0			76.8	74.5			$15,551
Mountain Ridge Middle School	Public	7-8	10590 Mountain Vista Ridge	Highlands Ranch	80126	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-1800	865	45	19.4	7.6%	625 (72.3%)	15 (1.7%)	123 (14.2%)	38 (4.4%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	58 (6.7%)	88.1	48^th of 481 public middle schools	90.0%		88.5	39^th of 448 public middle schools	91.3%	9											66.0	67.3	66.6					45.7	61.4	52.7		58.3		$14,492
Arrowwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	10345 Arrowwood Drive	Highlands Ranch	80130	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-6875	406	24	17.2	14.8%	249 (61.3%)	8 (2.0%)	88 (21.7%)	29 (7.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.4%)	67.6	275^th of 935 public elementary schools	70.6%		84	119^th of 921 public elementary schools	87.1%	156							49.0	48.9	65.4	64.7			57.3	48.0	29.2	49.1	40.4			41.9	43.4			$15,538
Copper Mesa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3501 Poston Parkway	Highlands Ranch	80126	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-7375	319	21	15.4	7.2%	238 (74.6%)	3 (0.9%)	30 (9.4%)	20 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (8.8%)	84	130^th of 935 public elementary schools	86.1%		84.8	108^th of 921 public elementary schools	88.3%	22							56.4	52.4	63.8	62.5			58.8	64.1	54.8	68.1	48.6			59.5	67.4			$16,829
Redstone Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	9970 Glenstone Circle	Highlands Ranch	80130	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-7300	412	26	15.8	3.9%	269 (65.3%)	3 (0.7%)	55 (13.3%)	55 (13.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.0%)	92	57^th of 935 public elementary schools	93.9%		79.9	171^st of 921 public elementary schools	81.4%	114							72.6	68.8	78.0				73.3	74.6	65.3	67.2				69.7	50.0			$15,871
Rock Canyon High School	Public	9-12	5810 McArthur Ranch Road	Highlands Ranch	80124	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-3000	2,377	110	21.5		1,689 (71.1%)	19 (0.8%)	241 (10.1%)	321 (13.5%)	11 (0.5%)	2 (0.1%)	94 (4.0%)	92.4	19^th of 352 public high schools	94.6%		89.9	15^th of 221 public high schools	93.2%	4	85.0	67.0	89.0	78.0	87.0	65.0																		$14,731
Bear Canyon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	9660 Salford Lane	Highlands Ranch	80126	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-6475	393	24	16.5	9.2%	288 (73.3%)	3 (0.8%)	59 (15.0%)	13 (3.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.4%)	93.2	45^th of 935 public elementary schools	95.2%		88.8	79^th of 921 public elementary schools	91.4%	34							70.2	70.0	76.6	90.3			77.7	66.7	62.7	66.0	60.0			63.6	59.6			$14,664
Cresthill Middle School	Public	7-8	9195 Cresthill Lane	Highlands Ranch	80130	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-2800	670	42	15.7	16.4%	443 (66.1%)	21 (3.1%)	124 (18.5%)	27 (4.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (7.9%)	82.6	69^th of 481 public middle schools	85.7%		81.2	61^st of 448 public middle schools	86.4%	8											69.5	53.2	61.7					48.1	51.8	49.9		51.2		$16,118
Stone Mountain Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	10625 Weathersfield Way	Highlands Ranch	80129	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-7525	515	30	17.1	1.2%	431 (83.7%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.6%)	14 (2.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.4%)	98.2	10^th of 935 public elementary schools	98.9%		97.2	14^th of 921 public elementary schools	98.5%	4							77.0	81.3	89.0	85.3			83.3	86.5	80.0	80.5	68.1			79.0	84.3			$13,790
Skyview Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	6161 Business Center Drive	Highlands Ranch	80124	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 471-8439	1,273	85	14.9		724 (56.9%)	27 (2.1%)	158 (12.4%)	254 (20.0%)	7 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	101 (7.9%)								(n/a)	81.0	47.0	91.0	74.0	87.0	69.0	58.8	50.0	60.6	52.8	70.0	79.2	61.9	61.4	34.4	33.7	38.9	47.0	61.4	46.1	34.6	52.0	24.0	$10,447
Ben Franklin Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	2270 Plaza Dr	Highlands Ranch	80129	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(720) 383-4519	893	46	19.6	3.4%	691 (77.4%)	5 (0.6%)	105 (11.8%)	39 (4.4%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (5.5%)	90.7	69^th of 935 public elementary schools	92.6%		87.9	89^th of 921 public elementary schools	90.3%	20							63.4	68.9	72.7	64.7	74.7	74.3	69.1	68.8	56.7	67.7	60.9	54.4	80.6	63.2	73.4	60.6		$10,429
STEM School Highlands Ranch	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	8773 Ridgeline Drive	Highlands Ranch	80129	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 683-7836	1,498	75	20.0	5.5%	773 (51.6%)	20 (1.3%)	191 (12.8%)	371 (24.8%)	6 (0.4%)	5 (0.3%)	132 (8.8%)								(n/a)	94.0	79.0	92.0	69.0	96.0	64.0	66.7	63.2	58.4	64.4	52.4	70.9	62.8	68.8	49.5	48.5	46.7	44.1	63.3	53.2	54.9	64.0	61.7	$11,012
Mountain Vista High School	Public	9-12	10585 Mountain Vista Ridge	Highlands Ranch	80126	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 387-1500	2,259	111	20.2		1,694 (75.0%)	26 (1.2%)	276 (12.2%)	141 (6.2%)	8 (0.4%)	4 (0.2%)	110 (4.9%)	88.6	31^st of 352 public high schools	91.2%		79.3	38^th of 221 public high schools	82.8%	7	83.0	60.0	83.0	70.0	85.0	60.0																	59.7	$13,856

Cities Near Highlands Ranch

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Littleton	1.91 mi	42	49^th
Centennial	2.33 mi	24	53^rd
Lone Tree	3.39 mi	4	25^th
Englewood	4.13 mi	24	103^rd
Greenwood Village	5.23 mi	8	6^th

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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.

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