Best High Schools in Colorado

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the PSAT10 and PSAT9 and SAT and CMAS test scores by the Colorado Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, August 21, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 328)	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	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
211	Frontier Charter Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2560 West 29th Street	Greeley	80631	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 330-1780	1,432	69	20.8	41.3%	799 (55.8%)	22 (1.5%)	523 (36.5%)	27 (1.9%)	3 (0.2%)	5 (0.3%)	53 (3.7%)	$12,664							36.6	46.7	177	34		080441001614
212	Gunnison High School	Public	9-12	800 West Ohio	Gunnison	81230	Gunnison County	Gunnison Watershed School District Re1J	No	No	No	No	(970) 641-7700	410	23	17.9	40.2%	245 (59.8%)	4 (1.0%)	148 (36.1%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	$19,130							36.3	38.6	203	9		080447000656
213	Highland High School	Public	9-12	208 West 1st	Ault	80610	Weld County	Weld County School District No. Re-9	No	No	No	No	(970) 834-2816	299	22	13.7	28.8%	183 (61.2%)	2 (0.7%)	100 (33.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.0%)	$16,040							35.9	32.6	230	17		080231000050
214	Bayfield High School	Public	9-12	800 Co Rd 501	Bayfield	81122	La Plata County	Bayfield School District No. 10Jt-R	No	No	No	No	(970) 884-9521	404	33	12.2	34.4%	288 (71.3%)	2 (0.5%)	78 (19.3%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.2%)	$15,670							35.8	36.6	210	4		080240000090
215	Custer County High School	Public	9-12	709 Main Street	Westcliffe	81252	Custer County	Custer County School District Consolidate 1	No	No	No	No	(719) 783-2291	98	8	12.9	48.0%	76 (77.6%)	2 (2.0%)	9 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (9.2%)	$17,452							35.6	36.3	211	4		080720001225
216	Collegiate Academy of Colorado	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	8420 South Sangre De Cristo Rd	Littleton	80127	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 972-7433	245	28	8.7	29.8%	164 (66.9%)	5 (2.0%)	49 (20.0%)	8 (3.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (7.3%)	$11,019							35.4	55	141	75		080480001036
217	Colorado Early Colleges Windsor	Public, Charter	6-12	7640 Westgate Dr	Windsor	80528	Larimer County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 657-2860	196	15	13.1	26.0%	153 (78.1%)	1 (0.5%)	32 (16.3%)	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.1%)	$5,643							35.2	74.2	81	136		080002006779
218	Miami-Yoder Middle/High School	Public	6-12	420 South Rush Road	Rush	80833	El Paso County	Miami-Yoder Joint District No. 60	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 478-2186	184	12	15.8	62.5%	109 (59.2%)	2 (1.1%)	61 (33.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.5%)	$17,100							34.8	35.8	216	2		080567000972
219	Wiley Junior-Senior High School	Public	6-12	510 Ward Street	Wiley	81092	Prowers County	Wiley School District No. Re-13 Jt	No	No	No	No	(719) 829-4806	115	10	11.1	44.3%	76 (66.1%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (32.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	$23,066							34.8	48.9	170	49		080732001261
220	Sierra Grande K-12 School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	17523 East Highway 160	Blanca	81123	Costilla County	Sierra Grande School District No. R-30	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 379-3257	307	14	21.7	79.2%	48 (15.6%)	2 (0.7%)	244 (79.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.9%)	$17,621							34.4	23.2	262	42		080414000572

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on PSAT10 Reading and Writing, PSAT10 Mathematics, CMAS Science, 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 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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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Department of Education.