Best Public Schools in Zip Code 80111

ZIP code 80111, spanning parts of Greenwood Village, Centennial, and Englewood, Colorado, contains 8 schools in the Cherry Creek School District No. 5 — 6 elementary schools (including one K-8 charter), 1 middle school, and 1 high school — serving roughly 7,986 students. This is a high-performing cluster: every school has chronic absenteeism below the district average of 25.3%, and most schools rank in the 90th percentile statewide or better. The unweighted average chronic absenteeism across the 8 schools is approximately 12.8%, less than half the state rate of 28.4%.

Cherry Creek Charter Academy is the academic powerhouse, ranked 14th of 943 Colorado elementary schools (99th percentile) with 86.2% ELA and 81.8% Math proficiency, plus a remarkable 100% proficiency in 8th-grade Math. Cottonwood Creek Elementary School is right behind at 27th statewide (97th percentile) with the lowest chronic absenteeism in the ZIP code at 5.0% and the lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 10.13%. At the secondary level, Campus Middle School ranks 34th of 469 Colorado middle schools (93rd percentile) and shows a clear upward math trajectory — 57.7% in 6th grade, 61.2% in 7th grade, and 76.9% in 8th grade — feeding into Cherry Creek High School, which ranks 25th of 338 high schools (93rd percentile) with a 95.7% graduation rate, 0.7% dropout rate, and SAT proficiency of 83% in Reading/Writing and 60% in Math.

There is meaningful variation within the ZIP code. High Plains Elementary School is the relative outlier, ranking 372nd (61st percentile) with 49.5% ELA and 48.6% Math proficiency, and its 18.7% chronic absenteeism is the highest in the area. Belleview Elementary School sits in the middle at 79th percentile, while Greenwood Elementary School and Heritage Elementary School both rank 90th percentile with smaller enrollments and lower student-teacher ratios of 13.7 and 13.1, respectively. For parents, the clear elementary standouts are Cherry Creek Charter Academy and Cottonwood Creek Elementary School, while Cherry Creek High School anchors the secondary experience with elite results and 11th-grade Science proficiency of 65.5% — more than double the district rate.