Best School Districts in Colorado

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Rank (of 114)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
10^th	Academy School District No. 20	PK, KG-12	22	8	9	0	Colorado Springs	El Paso County	0.775	13	3
49^th	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	PK, KG-12	34	7	9	3	Thornton	Adams County	0.466	52	3
	Agate School District No. 300	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Agate	Elbert County			(n/a)
	Aguilar Reorganized School District No. 6	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Aguilar	Las Animas County			(n/a)
71^st	Akron School District No. R-1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Akron	Washington County	0.385	63	8
	Alamosa School District No. Re-11J	K-12	2	1	3	0	Alamosa	Alamosa County			(n/a)
	Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Pagosa Springs	Archuleta County			(n/a)
	Arickaree School District No. R-2	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Anton	Washington County			(n/a)
	Arriba-Flagler Consolidated School District No. 20	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Flagler	Kit Carson County			(n/a)
4^th	Aspen School District No. 1	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Aspen	Pitkin County	0.846		(n/a)
105^th	Aurora Joint District No. 28	PK, KG-12	36	6	7	3	Aurora	Arapahoe County	0.224	103	2
72^nd	Bayfield School District No. 10Jt-R	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Bayfield	La Plata County	0.384	72
87^th	Bennett School District No. 29J	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Bennett	Adams County	0.302	106	19
	Bethune School District No. R- 5	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Bethune	Kit Carson County			(n/a)
14^th	Big Sandy School District No. 100J	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Simla	Elbert County	0.697	35	21
5^th	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	PK, KG-12	34	9	10	2	Boulder	Boulder County	0.829	8	3
	Branson Reorganized School District No. 82	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	2	Branson	Las Animas County			(n/a)
41^st	Buena Vista School District No. R-31	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Buena Vista	Chaffee County	0.508	45	4
95^th	Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Burlington	Kit Carson County	0.268	108	13
84^th	Byers School District No. 32J	PK, KG-12	3	3	4	0	Byers	Arapahoe County	0.331		(n/a)
75^th	Calhan District No. RJ1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Calhan	El Paso County	0.368	58	17
	Campo School District No. Re-6	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Campo	Baca County			(n/a)
	Centennial BOCES	10-12	0	0	2	0	Greeley	Weld County			(n/a)
	Centennial School District No. R-1	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	San Luis	Costilla County			(n/a)
	Center Consolidated School District No. 26 Jt.	PK, KG-12	1	1	3	0	Center	Rio Grande County			(n/a)
	Cheraw School District No. 31	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Cheraw	Otero County			(n/a)
26^th	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	PK, KG-12	46	11	9	0	Greenwood Village	Arapahoe County	0.603	30	4
29^th	Cheyenne County School District No. Re-5	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Cheyenne Wells	Cheyenne County	0.559		(n/a)
3^rd	Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	1	Colorado Springs	El Paso County	0.849	2	1
	Clear Creek School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Idaho Springs	Clear Creek County			(n/a)
	Colorado River BOCES	9-12	0	0	1	0	Parachute	Garfield County			(n/a)
	Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Colorado Springs	El Paso County			(n/a)
66^th	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	PK, KG-12	37	10	11	2	Colorado Springs	El Paso County	0.396	77	11
	Creede School District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Creede	Mineral County			(n/a)
102^nd	Cripple Creek-Victor School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Cripple Creek	Teller County	0.235	112	10
99^th	Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J	K-12	1	0	1	1	Ordway	Crowley County	0.248	110	11
89^th	Custer County School District Consolidate 1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Westcliffe	Custer County	0.297	66	23
	De Beque Joint District No. 49	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	De Beque	Mesa County			(n/a)
93^rd	Deer Trail School District No. 26J	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Deer Trail	Arapahoe County	0.273	114	21
36^th	Delta County Joint District No. 50	PK, KG-12	7	2	4	1	Delta	Delta County	0.524	38	2
	Denver 1	K-12	0	0	0	1	Denver	Denver County			(n/a)
	Division of Youth Services	5-12	0	0	5	0	Denver	Denver County			(n/a)
111^th	Dolores County School District Re-2j	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Dove Creek	Dolores County	0.147	59	52
78^th	Dolores School District No. Re-4A	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Dolores	Montezuma County	0.344	64	14
6^th	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	PK, KG-12	61	9	15	2	Castle Rock	Douglas County	0.805	9	3
27^th	Durango School District No. 9-R	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	0	Durango	La Plata County	0.594	34	7
56^th	Eagle County School District No. Re 50	PK, KG-12	10	4	5	0	Eagle	Eagle County	0.425	53	3
34^th	East Grand School District No. 2	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Granby	Grand County	0.536	33	1
113^th	East Otero School District No. R1	K-12	2	0	2	0	La Junta	Otero County	0.088		(n/a)
	Edison Joint District No. 54	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Yoder	El Paso County			(n/a)
	Education Reenvisioned BOCES	K-12	2	1	4	3	Monument	El Paso County			(n/a)
33^rd	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	PK, KG-12	18	3	8	2	Peyton	El Paso County	0.539	46	13
54^th	Elbert School District No. 200	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Elbert	El Paso County	0.442	23	31
40^th	Elizabeth School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Elizabeth	Elbert County	0.514	47	7
98^th	Ellicott School District No. 22	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Calhan	El Paso County	0.254	95	3
77^th	Englewood School District No. 1	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Englewood	Arapahoe County	0.345	80	3
76^th	Estes Park School District R-3	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Estes Park	Larimer County	0.363	70	6
80^th	Fountain School District No. 8	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	0	Fountain	El Paso County	0.343	82	2
52^nd	Fowler School District No. R4J	K-12	1	1	1	0	Fowler	Otero County	0.451	42	10
50^th	Fremont Re-1	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Canon City	Fremont County	0.462	48	2
106^th	Fremont Re-2	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Florence	Fremont County	0.22	96	10
	Fremont Re-3	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Cotopaxi	Fremont County			(n/a)
91^st	Garfield School District No. Re-2	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	0	Rifle	Garfield County	0.281	91
	Genoa-Hugo School District No. C-113	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Hugo	Lincoln County			(n/a)
21^st	Gilpin County School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Black Hawk	Gilpin County	0.638	32	11
	Granada School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Granada	Prowers County			(n/a)
112^th	Grand Valley School District No. 16	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Parachute	Garfield County	0.096	113	1
97^th	GreeleySchool District No. 6	PK, KG-12	20	4	7	3	Greeley	Weld County	0.256	100	3
30^th	Gunnison Watershed School District Re1J	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Gunnison	Gunnison County	0.551	31	1
74^th	Hanover School District No. 28	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Colorado Springs	El Paso County	0.371	84	10
83^rd	Harrison School District No. 2	PK, KG-12	16	5	7	0	Colorado Springs	El Paso County	0.336	86	3
63^rd	Haxtun School District No. Re-2J	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Haxtun	Phillips County	0.408	51	12
61^st	Hayden School District No. Re 1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hayden	Routt County	0.41	97	36
	High-Plains R-23	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Seibert	Kit Carson County			(n/a)
	Hinsdale County School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Lake City	Hinsdale County			(n/a)
	Hoehne Reorganized School District No. 3	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Trinidad	Las Animas County			(n/a)
	Holly School District No. Re-3	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Holly	Prowers County			(n/a)
	Holyoke School District No. Re-1J	K-12	1	0	2	0	Holyoke	Phillips County			(n/a)
	Huerfano School District Re-1	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Walsenburg	Huerfano County			(n/a)
	Idalia Rj-3 School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Idalia	Yuma County			(n/a)
110^th	Ignacio School District No. 11Jt	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Ignacio	La Plata County	0.151	101	9
24^th	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	PK, KG-12	86	19	30	7	Golden	Jefferson County	0.617	29	5
57^th	Julesburg School District No. Re1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	1	Julesburg	Sedgwick County	0.423		(n/a)
	Karval School District No. Re 23	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Karval	Lincoln County			(n/a)
	Kim Reorganized School District No. 88	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Kim	Las Animas County			(n/a)
	Kiowa County School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Eads	Kiowa County			(n/a)
	Kiowa County School District No. Re-2	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sheridan Lake	Kiowa County			(n/a)
	Kit Carson School District No. R-1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Kit Carson	Cheyenne County			(n/a)
	La Veta School District Re-2	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	La Veta	Huerfano County			(n/a)
109^th	Lake County School District No. R-1	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Leadville	Lake County	0.166		(n/a)
88^th	Lamar School District No. Re-2	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Lamar	Prowers County	0.3	94	6
	Las Animas School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Las Animas	Bent County			(n/a)
9^th	Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38	PK, KG-12	6	1	3	0	Monument	El Paso County	0.776	12	3
	Liberty J-4 School District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Joes	Yuma County			(n/a)
25^th	Limon School District No. Re 4J	K-12	1	0	1	0	Limon	Lincoln County	0.606	17	8
8^th	Littleton School District No. 6	PK, KG-12	12	4	3	0	Littleton	Arapahoe County	0.792	11	3
	Lone Star School District No. 101	K-12	1	1	1	0	Otis	Washington County			(n/a)
	Mancos School District Re-6	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mancos	Montezuma County			(n/a)
17^th	Manitou Springs School District No. 14	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Manitou Springs	El Paso County	0.678	22	5
	Manzanola Joint District No. 3J	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Manzanola	Otero County			(n/a)
104^th	Mapleton School District No. 1	PK, KG-12	10	1	6	2	Denver	Adams County	0.227	102	2
7^th	McClave School District No. Re-2	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mc Clave	Bent County	0.802	3	4
18^th	Meeker School District Re1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Meeker	Rio Blanco County	0.661	15	3
38^th	Mesa County Valley School District No. 51	PK, KG-12	25	7	7	1	Grand Junction	Mesa County	0.521	40	2
86^th	Miami-Yoder Joint District No. 60	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Rush	El Paso County	0.31	98	12
58^th	Moffat County School District RE: No. 1	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Craig	Moffat County	0.418	81	23
	Moffat School District No. 2	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	2	Moffat	Saguache County			(n/a)
	Monte Vista School District No. C-8	PK, KG-12	2	1	3	0	Monte Vista	Rio Grande County			(n/a)
	Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Cortez	Montezuma County			(n/a)
64^th	Montrose County School District Re-1J	PK, KG-12	6	2	4	2	Montrose	Montrose County	0.403	75	11
	Mountain Valley School District No. Re 1	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Saguache	Saguache County			(n/a)
32^nd	North Conejos School District No. Re1J	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	La Jara	Conejos County	0.548	25	7
	North Park School District R-1	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Walden	Jackson County			(n/a)
	Norwood School District No. R-2j	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Norwood	San Miguel County			(n/a)
	Otis School District No. R-3	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Otis	Washington County			(n/a)
	Ouray School District No. R-1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Ouray	Ouray County			(n/a)
	Park County School District No. Re-2	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Fairplay	Park County			(n/a)
	Peyton School District No. 23	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Peyton	El Paso County			(n/a)
	Plateau Valley School District No. 50	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Collbran	Mesa County			(n/a)
16^th	Platte Canyon School District No. 1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bailey	Park County	0.681	16
12^th	Poudre School District R-1	PK, KG-12	31	8	9	4	Fort Collins	Larimer County	0.752	14	2
70^th	Primero Reorganized School District No. 2	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Weston	Las Animas County	0.388	20	50
	Pritchett School District No. Re-3	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Pritchett	Baca County			(n/a)
42^nd	Pueblo County School District 70	PK, KG-12	13	8	4	1	Pueblo	Pueblo County	0.501	56	14
101^st	Pueblo School District No. 60	PK, KG-12	21	5	5	1	Pueblo	Pueblo County	0.244	105	4
85^th	Rangely School District RE4	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Rangely	Rio Blanco County	0.311	90	5
	Revere School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Ovid	Sedgwick County			(n/a)
2^nd	Ridgway School District No. R-2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Ridgway	Ouray County	0.862	4	2
53^rd	Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	7	3	4	0	Carbondale	Garfield County	0.45	65	12
92^nd	Rocky Ford School District No. R2	K-12	1	0	1	0	Rocky Ford	Otero County	0.273	87	5
	Salida School District No. R-32	PK, KG-12	1	2	2	0	Salida	Chaffee County			(n/a)
	San Juan boces	6-12	0	0	1	0	Durango	La Plata County			(n/a)
47^th	Sanford School District No. 6	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sanford	Conejos County	0.475	41	6
15^th	Sangre de Cristo School District No. Re-22J	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mosca	Alamosa County	0.688	19	4
59^th	Sargent School District No. Re-33J	K-12	1	1	1	0	Monte Vista	Rio Grande County	0.416	57	2
79^th	School District 27J	PK, KG-12	19	5	7	2	Brighton	Adams County	0.343	85	6
114^th	School District N. 14	PK, KG-12	6	3	2	0	Commerce City	Adams County	0.061	115	1
69^th	School District No. 1	PK, KG-12	106	30	52	0	Denver	Denver County	0.388	76	7
46^th	School District No. 3	PK, KG-12	10	3	3	1	Colorado Springs	El Paso County	0.487	55	9
68^th	School District No. C-2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Kiowa	Elbert County	0.393	78	10
	School District No. R-4	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Stratton	Kit Carson County			(n/a)
73^rd	School District No. Re-1 Valley	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Sterling	Logan County	0.373		(n/a)
	School District No. Re-10	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Briggsdale	Weld County			(n/a)
	School District No. Re-11	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	New Raymer	Weld County			(n/a)
	School District No. Re-12	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Grover	Weld County			(n/a)
103^rd	School District No. Re-2 Brush	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Brush	Morgan County	0.235	107	4
28^th	School District No. Re-20 Weldon Valley	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Weldona	Morgan County	0.591	88	60
108^th	School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Fort Morgan	Morgan County	0.174	111	3
39^th	School District No. Re-3 Frenchman	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Fleming	Logan County	0.516	5	34
22^nd	School District No. Re-4 Buffalo	K-12	1	0	1	0	Merino	Logan County	0.638	44	22
1^st	School District No. Re-5 Plateau	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Peetz	Logan County	0.94	1
	School District No. Re-50 Wiggins	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Wiggins	Morgan County			(n/a)
	Sheridan School District No. 2	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Englewood	Arapahoe County			(n/a)
	Sierra Grande School District No. R-30	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Blanca	Costilla County			(n/a)
	Silverton School District No. 1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Silverton	San Juan County			(n/a)
	South Conejos School District No. Re10	K-12	1	0	1	0	Antonito	Conejos County			(n/a)
48^th	South Routt School District No. Re 3	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Oak Creek	Routt County	0.468	10	38
107^th	Springfield School District No. Re-4	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Springfield	Baca County	0.188	79	28
23^rd	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	PK, KG-12	33	8	10	2	Longmont	Boulder County	0.622	27	4
51^st	State Charter School Institute	PK, KG-12	27	2	9	9	Denver	Denver County	0.46	50	1
	Steamboat Springs School District No. Re 2	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Steamboat Springs	Routt County			(n/a)
67^th	Strasburg School District 31J	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Strasburg	Adams County	0.395	69	2
37^th	Summit School District No. Re 1	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Frisco	Summit County	0.523	36	1
13^th	Swink School District No. 33	K-12	1	0	1	0	Swink	Otero County	0.701	26	13
11^th	Telluride School District No. R-1	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Telluride	San Miguel County	0.768	6	5
35^th	Thompson School District R-2j	PK, KG-12	20	4	5	1	Loveland	Larimer County	0.531	43	8
90^th	Trinidad School District 1	K-12	1	1	1	0	Trinidad	Las Animas County	0.297	99	9
45^th	Upper Rio Grande School District C-7	K-12	1	0	1	0	Del Norte	Rio Grande County	0.489	71	26
	Vilas School District Re-5	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Vilas	Baca County			(n/a)
	Walsh School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Walsh	Baca County			(n/a)
82^nd	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Gilcrest	Weld County	0.339	89	7
20^th	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4	PK, KG-12	9	4	3	0	Windsor	Weld County	0.64	18	2
19^th	Weld County School District No. Re-2	K-12	3	1	1	0	Eaton	Weld County	0.651	21	2
62^nd	Weld County School District No. Re-5J	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Milliken	Weld County	0.409	67	5
44^th	Weld County School District No. Re-7	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Kersey	Weld County	0.49	39	5
100^th	Weld County School District No. Re-9	K-12	1	1	1	0	Ault	Weld County	0.247	93	7
55^th	Weld County School District Re-3j	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	1	Hudson	Weld County	0.433	73	18
	Weld re-8 schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	1	Fort Lupton	Weld County			(n/a)
65^th	West End School District No. Re-2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Nucla	Montrose County	0.399		(n/a)
94^th	West Grand School District No. 1	K-12	1	0	1	0	Kremmling	Grand County	0.271	104	10
96^th	Westminster Public Schools	PK, KG-12	13	1	2	0	Westminster	Adams County	0.266	109	13
60^th	Wiley School District No. Re-13 Jt	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wiley	Prowers County	0.416	54	6
31^st	Woodland Park School District No. Re-2	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	1	Woodland Park	Teller County	0.55	24	7
	Woodlin School District No. R-104	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Woodrow	Washington County			(n/a)
43^rd	Wray Rd-2 School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wray	Yuma County	0.494	37	6
81^st	Yuma 1 School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Yuma	Yuma County	0.341	92	11

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