Best Public Schools in Zip Code 80439

Zip code 80439 (Evergreen, Colorado) contains 9 schools—5 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high schools—serving 3,307 students across two very different districts: Jefferson County School District R-1 and Clear Creek School District RE-1. The six Jefferson County schools—Evergreen High School, Evergreen Middle School, Bergen Elementary School, Marshdale Elementary School, Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen, and Wilmot Elementary School—are consistently among the best in Colorado, while the three Clear Creek schools—Clear Creek High School, King-Murphy Elementary School, and Clear Creek Middle School—are mostly below state averages.

Evergreen High School is the top high school in the zip, ranking 14th of 338 Colorado high schools (96th percentile, 5 stars) with 88% SAT Reading/Writing proficiency, 68% SAT Math proficiency, and a 97% graduation rate. Bergen Elementary School leads the elementaries, ranking 59th of 943 (94th percentile) with 80.3% ELA proficiency. Evergreen Middle School ranks in the 89th percentile, with 7th-grade math proficiency more than 40 points above the state average. Wilmot Elementary School is the most improved Jefferson County school, rising to the 93rd percentile in 2025-2026. Among Clear Creek schools, Clear Creek Middle School stands out for improvement, jumping from the 13th to 50th percentile in one year with ELA and math proficiency roughly doubling.

Clear Creek schools have higher poverty rates (free/reduced lunch from 17% to 32%) and lower test scores than their Jefferson County neighbors, despite having smaller class sizes. Math is the weak spot everywhere, with even top schools showing significant gaps between ELA and math proficiency. Chronic absenteeism is a major concern at Clear Creek High School (35.9% vs. 28.4% statewide). Encouragingly, both high schools graduate students well above the state rate: Evergreen High School at 97% and Clear Creek High School at 93.5%, compared to 85.6% statewide. For parents, the Jefferson County schools are the clear standouts, but Clear Creek Middle School's rapid improvement and the strong graduation rates across both districts are genuine bright spots.