Best Cities in Colorado for Schools

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Rank (of 202)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
1^st	Indian Hills	1	0	0	0	0	0.983	1
2^nd	Superior	2	0	0	0	1	0.954	3	1
3^rd	Peetz	1	0	1	0	0	0.94	7	4
4^th	Niwot	1	0	1	0	2	0.935	5	1
5^th	Castle Pines	1	0	0	0	0	0.928	4	1
6^th	Cherry Hills Village	1	0	0	0	0	0.922	2	4
7^th	Lyons	1	0	1	0	0	0.913	9	2
8^th	Stratton	1	1	1	0	0	0.899	8
9^th	Highlands Ranch	17	3	4	2	8	0.886	11	2
10^th	Woody Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.883	30	20
11^th	Louisville	4	1	1	0	4	0.883	18	7
12^th	Greenwood Village	4	2	2	0	3	0.882	13	1
13^th	Nederland	1	0	1	0	0	0.882	49	36
14^th	Ridgway	1	1	1	0	0	0.862	23	9
15^th	Steamboat Springs	4	1	2	0	3	0.856	12	3
16^th	Boulder	17	6	6	1	18	0.842	31	15
17^th	Minturn	0	0	1	0	0	0.834	6	11
18^th	Conifer	1	1	1	0	1	0.83	26	8
19^th	Erie	7	1	1	0	3	0.821	28	9
20^th	Mead	1	1	0	0	0	0.817	22	2
21^st	Timnath	2	0	1	0	0	0.815	29	8
22^nd	Evergreen	5	2	2	0	6	0.815	42	20
23^rd	Aspen	1	1	1	0	1	0.811	19	4
24^th	Parker	19	3	4	0	9	0.802	33	9
25^th	Mc Clave	1	0	1	0	0	0.801	17	8
26^th	Crested Butte	1	0	1	0	0	0.798	15	11
27^th	Usaf Academy	1	0	1	0	0	0.79	45	18
28^th	Franktown	2	0	0	0	1	0.783	10	18
29^th	Monument	4	1	2	1	1	0.779	40	11
30^th	Broomfield	10	2	4	1	13	0.777	36	6
31^st	Pine	1	0	0	0	0	0.772	16	15
32^nd	Telluride	2	1	1	0	1	0.767	25	7
33^rd	Berthoud	2	1	1	0	0	0.764	37	4
34^th	Lone Tree	2	0	1	1	3	0.762	35	1
35^th	Golden	9	2	3	3	1	0.754	39	4
36^th	Castle Rock	15	2	4	1	3	0.748	47	11
37^th	Centennial	17	1	5	0	10	0.747	44	7
38^th	Fort Collins	29	7	8	5	11	0.744	46	8
39^th	Galeton	1	0	0	0	0	0.739	20	19
40^th	Morrison	2	0	0	0	0	0.735	50	10
41^st	Lafayette	4	1	2	1	4	0.734	43	2
42^nd	Paonia	2	0	0	0	1	0.731	41	1
43^rd	Littleton	27	9	5	1	16	0.73	54	11
44^th	Palmer Lake	1	0	0	0	0	0.73	52	8
45^th	Dacono	1	0	0	0	0	0.726	53	8
46^th	Swink	1	0	1	0	0	0.7	70	24
47^th	Vail	1	0	0	0	1	0.696	48	1
48^th	Simla	1	1	1	0	0	0.694	80	32
49^th	Mosca	1	0	1	0	0	0.685	60	11
50^th	Frisco	1	1	1	0	1	0.682	68	18
51^st	Fraser	1	0	0	0	0	0.681	14	37
52^nd	Oak Creek	0	1	1	0	0	0.678	32	20
53^rd	Manitou Springs	1	1	1	0	0	0.677	62	9
54^th	Cascade	1	0	0	0	0	0.673	73	19
55^th	Fruita	4	1	1	0	0	0.669	63	8
56^th	Falcon	4	0	1	1	0	0.669	89	33
57^th	Breckenridge	2	0	1	0	0	0.663	38	19
58^th	Meeker	1	1	1	0	0	0.66	56	2
59^th	Salida	2	2	2	0	0	0.647	67	8
60^th	Windsor	8	3	3	0	1	0.646	59	1
61^st	Merino	1	0	1	0	0	0.639	96	35
62^nd	Black Hawk	1	0	1	0	0	0.638	77	15
63^rd	Bailey	1	1	1	0	0	0.63	57	6
64^th	Eads	1	1	1	0	0	0.63	27	37
65^th	Eaton	2	1	1	0	1	0.626	74	9
66^th	Durango	7	3	4	0	6	0.624	71	5
67^th	Fairplay	1	1	1	0	0	0.623	116	49
68^th	Laporte	1	1	0	0	0	0.618	65	3
69^th	Rye	1	0	1	0	0	0.618	86	17
70^th	Julesburg	1	0	1	0	0	0.609		(n/a)
71^st	Limon	1	0	1	0	0	0.605	58	13
72^nd	Larkspur	1	0	0	0	0	0.601	21	51
73^rd	Cedaredge	1	1	1	0	0	0.6	85	12
74^th	Weldona	1	0	1	0	0	0.595	156	82
75^th	Hotchkiss	1	0	1	0	0	0.59	84	9
76^th	Wellington	2	0	1	0	0	0.587	76
77^th	Divide	1	0	0	0	0	0.582	51	26
78^th	Woodland Park	2	1	1	1	1	0.581	72	6
79^th	Manassa	1	0	0	0	0	0.569	34	45
80^th	Firestone	3	1	0	0	0	0.563	78	2
81^st	Arvada	19	4	4	1	7	0.554	91	10
82^nd	Cheyenne Wells	1	0	1	0	0	0.55		(n/a)
83^rd	Longmont	17	5	6	2	15	0.546	83
84^th	Keenesburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.546	117	33
85^th	Severance	1	0	1	0	0	0.543	90	5
86^th	Collbran	1	1	2	0	0	0.541	110	24
87^th	La Jara	1	1	1	1	0	0.536	82	5
88^th	Colorado City	0	1	0	0	0	0.535	79	9
89^th	Wheat Ridge	5	2	1	0	4	0.523	98	9
90^th	Carbondale	3	1	2	0	2	0.519	88	2
91^st	Fleming	1	0	1	0	0	0.514	24	67
92^nd	Colorado Springs	112	30	40	10	33	0.51	99	7
93^rd	Eagle	2	1	1	0	1	0.509	69	24
94^th	Buena Vista	1	1	2	0	2	0.506	97	3
95^th	Grand Junction	22	5	6	3	7	0.504	92	3
96^th	Loveland	16	3	4	1	9	0.497	104	8
97^th	Palisade	1	0	1	0	0	0.494	64	33
98^th	Wray	1	0	1	0	0	0.494	81	17
99^th	Peyton	2	2	2	1	1	0.489	108	9
100^th	Del Norte	1	0	1	0	0	0.488	136	36
101^st	Kersey	1	1	1	0	0	0.488	87	14
102^nd	Granby	2	1	1	0	0	0.487	101	1
103^rd	Johnstown	3	1	1	0	0	0.487	102	1
104^th	Elizabeth	2	1	1	0	0	0.484	103	1
105^th	Lakewood	21	5	12	3	8	0.482	105
106^th	Dillon	2	0	0	0	0	0.474	95	11
107^th	Loma	1	0	0	0	1	0.474	111	4
108^th	Sanford	1	0	1	0	0	0.472	93	15
109^th	Pueblo West	6	2	2	2	1	0.466	114	5
110^th	Basalt	1	1	1	0	1	0.465	128	18
111^th	Englewood	8	4	8	3	7	0.463	118	7
112^th	Canon City	6	1	1	0	2	0.46	100	12
113^th	Montrose	5	2	3	2	1	0.458	125	12
114^th	Edwards	3	1	2	0	5	0.449	109	5
115^th	Sedalia	1	0	0	0	0	0.449	120	5
116^th	Fowler	1	1	1	0	0	0.448	94	22
117^th	Elbert	1	0	1	0	0	0.439	66	51
118^th	Westminster	17	4	6	5	13	0.439	127	9
119^th	Iliff	1	0	1	0	0	0.438	75	44
120^th	Hudson	1	0	0	1	0	0.431	138	18
121^st	Fountain	5	2	2	0	0	0.427	132	11
122^nd	Frederick	4	0	1	0	0	0.426	151	29
123^rd	Nucla	0	1	1	0	0	0.421		(n/a)
124^th	Delta	2	2	2	1	2	0.418	122	2
125^th	Craig	3	1	1	0	2	0.417	150	25
126^th	Wiley	1	0	1	0	0	0.413	112	14
127^th	Hayden	1	1	1	0	0	0.41	169	42
128^th	Northglenn	11	2	2	1	1	0.41	140	12
129^th	Haxtun	1	0	1	0	0	0.409	107	22
130^th	Glenwood Springs	5	1	2	1	2	0.398	152	22
131^st	Strasburg	1	1	2	0	0	0.393	133	2
132^nd	Kiowa	1	1	1	0	0	0.391	144	12
133^rd	Weston	1	0	1	0	0	0.389	61	72
134^th	New Castle	2	1	1	0	2	0.385	134
135^th	Gunnison	1	1	1	0	0	0.383	129	6
136^th	Bayfield	2	1	1	0	1	0.382	139	3
137^th	Gilcrest	1	1	1	0	0	0.38	131	6
138^th	Denver	129	32	63	6	68	0.38	146	8
139^th	Monte Vista	3	2	4	0	1	0.379	149	10
140^th	Akron	1	0	1	0	0	0.373	121	19
141^st	Thornton	21	5	9	3	7	0.372	141
142^nd	Estes Park	1	1	1	0	1	0.36	135	7
143^rd	La Salle	1	0	0	0	0	0.35	165	22
144^th	Naturita	1	0	0	0	0	0.349	143	1
145^th	Dolores	1	1	1	0	0	0.342	124	21
146^th	Yuma	1	1	1	0	0	0.34	161	15
147^th	Mancos	1	1	1	0	0	0.334	178	31
148^th	Trinidad	1	1	1	1	3	0.33	154	6
149^th	Milliken	2	0	1	0	0	0.329	142	7
150^th	Byers	3	3	4	0	0	0.329	55	95
151^st	Wiggins	1	2	1	0	0	0.328	163	12
152^nd	Brighton	9	2	5	1	6	0.315	158	6
153^rd	Aurora	67	15	12	4	20	0.311	162	9
154^th	Silt	1	0	0	0	0	0.311	137	17
155^th	Calhan	2	1	2	0	1	0.311	145	10
156^th	Rangely	1	0	1	0	1	0.31	159	3
157^th	Rush	1	0	2	0	0	0.309	170	13
158^th	Lamar	3	1	1	0	0	0.298	164	6
159^th	Westcliffe	1	1	1	0	0	0.296	126	33
160^th	Alamosa	2	1	3	0	2	0.296	147	13
161^st	Pueblo	25	9	8	3	10	0.289	171	10
162^nd	Walsh	1	0	1	0	0	0.288		(n/a)
163^rd	Holyoke	1	0	2	0	0	0.287	179	16
164^th	Ault	0	1	1	0	0	0.274	153	11
165^th	Greeley	15	3	10	3	4	0.272	167	2
166^th	Rocky Ford	1	0	1	0	1	0.271	155	11
167^th	Deer Trail	1	0	1	0	0	0.269	197	30
168^th	Burlington	1	1	1	0	1	0.267	184	16
169^th	Avon	2	0	0	0	2	0.266	157	12
170^th	Yampa	1	0	0	0	0	0.253		(n/a)
171^st	Henderson	3	1	1	0	0	0.253	166	5
172^nd	Penrose	1	0	0	0	0	0.247	188	16
173^rd	Ordway	1	0	1	1	0	0.247	190	17
174^th	Sterling	2	1	1	0	0	0.246		(n/a)
175^th	Clifton	2	1	0	0	1	0.244	177	2
176^th	Gypsum	3	2	1	0	0	0.244	172	4
177^th	Kremmling	2	0	1	0	1	0.243	181	4
178^th	Fort Carson	3	1	0	0	0	0.239	168	10
179^th	Brush	2	1	1	0	1	0.233	182	3
180^th	Commerce City	12	4	4	0	2	0.231	176	4
181^st	Cripple Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.231	195	14
182^nd	Cortez	5	1	2	0	2	0.231	130	52
183^rd	Olathe	1	0	1	0	1	0.212	174	9
184^th	Florence	1	0	1	0	1	0.211	160	24
185^th	Lochbuie	1	1	0	0	0	0.203	183	2
186^th	Platteville	1	1	0	0	0	0.199	187	1
187^th	Pierce	1	0	0	0	0	0.191	173	14
188^th	Rifle	3	1	1	0	1	0.19	180	8
189^th	Springfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.189	148	41
190^th	Silverthorne	1	0	0	0	0	0.18	189	1
191^st	Center	1	1	3	0	1	0.178		(n/a)
192^nd	Fort Morgan	5	1	2	0	2	0.174	191	1
193^rd	Bennett	2	1	1	0	0	0.173	186	7
194^th	Fort Lupton	2	1	1	1	0	0.169	192	2
195^th	Evans	5	1	0	0	0	0.166	185	10
196^th	Leadville	2	0	2	0	1	0.165	194	2
197^th	Ignacio	1	1	1	0	2	0.152	175	22
198^th	Dove Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.147	113	85
199^th	Walsenburg	1	0	1	0	0	0.112	199
200^th	Parachute	2	1	1	0	0	0.096	196	4
201^st	La Junta	2	0	2	0	0	0.088	193	8
202^nd	Edgewater	2	0	1	0	0	0.047	198	4

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