Best High Schools in Colorado for Low Socio Economic Status Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Colorado!

Every year, the Colorado Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Colorado test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 Friday, August 18, 2023.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 200)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
080480001542	1	Conifer Senior High School	Public	9-12	10441 County Highway 73	Conifer	80433	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-5255	815	43	19.1	9.9%	704 (86.4%)	3 (0.4%)	64 (7.9%)	10 (1.2%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (3.4%)	$13,751							99.5%	90.3%	9.24%
080002006437	2	Thomas MacLaren State Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1702 N Murray Blvd	Colorado Springs	80915	El Paso County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 313-4488	908	69	13.2	24.3%	605 (66.6%)	19 (2.1%)	195 (21.5%)	16 (1.8%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (7.8%)	$9,836							99.0%	96.8%	2.15%
080249001632	3	Monarch High School	Public	9-12	329 Campus Drive	Louisville	80027	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-4200	1,515	75	20.1	11.0%	1,179 (77.8%)	13 (0.9%)	155 (10.2%)	77 (5.1%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	87 (5.7%)	$15,192							98.5%	93.1%	5.38%
080582006369	4	Palmer Ridge High School	Public	9-12	19255 Monument Hill Road	Monument	80132	El Paso County	Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38	No	No	No	No	(719) 867-8600	1,206	56	21.5		956 (79.3%)	20 (1.7%)	127 (10.5%)	28 (2.3%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	71 (5.9%)	$10,741							98.0%	89.7%	8.32%
080002006542	5	Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins	Public, Charter	6-12	4424 Innovation Drive	Fort Collins	80525	Larimer County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 377-0044	1,186	49	24	16.0%	884 (74.5%)	18 (1.5%)	187 (15.8%)	41 (3.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	53 (4.5%)	$8,244							97.5%	89.1%	8.39%
080192001905	6	Discovery Canyon Campus High School	Public	9-12	1810 Northgate Boulevard	Colorado Springs	80921	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-1800	1,123	60	18.5	5.9%	795 (70.8%)	19 (1.7%)	151 (13.4%)	64 (5.7%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	91 (8.1%)	$12,201							97.0%	82.8%	14.19%
080453001781	7	James Irwin Charter High School	Public, Charter	9-12	5525 Astrozon Blvd.	Colorado Springs	80916	El Paso County	Harrison School District No. 2	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 576-8055	416	26	15.8	32.9%	131 (31.5%)	27 (6.5%)	201 (48.3%)	17 (4.1%)	3 (0.7%)	4 (1.0%)	33 (7.9%)	$8,421							96.5%	84.5%	11.97%
080249000114	8	Fairview High School	Public	9-12	1515 Greenbriar Boulevard	Boulder	80305	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-3100	1,977	91	21.6	8.9%	1,394 (70.5%)	13 (0.7%)	208 (10.5%)	192 (9.7%)	2 (0.1%)	5 (0.3%)	163 (8.2%)	$14,933							96.0%	98.0%	1.99%
080345001961	9	Rock Canyon High School	Public	9-12	5810 McArthur Ranch Road	Highlands Ranch	80124	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-3000	2,376	110	21.5	4.1%	1,737 (73.1%)	24 (1.0%)	231 (9.7%)	278 (11.7%)	12 (0.5%)	1 (0.0%)	93 (3.9%)	$13,331							95.5%	94.6%	0.94%
080336006684	10	DSST: Byers High School	Public, Charter	9-12	150 South Pearl Street	Denver	80209	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 524-6350	557	36	15.3	42.2%	226 (40.6%)	93 (16.7%)	185 (33.2%)	20 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.7%)	$14,923							95.0%	85.1%	9.90%

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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 18, 2023, 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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.