Colorado’s Top Public High Schools
This year Newsweek’s ranking highlights the best 2,000 public high schools in the nation—those that have proven to be the most effective in turning out college-ready grads. The list is based on six components: graduation rate (25 percent), college acceptance rate (25 percent), AP/IB/AICE tests taken per student (25 percent), average SAT/ACT scores (10 percent), average AP/IB/AICE scores (10 percent), and percent of students enrolled in at least one AP/IB/AICE course (5 percent).
We’ve compiled a list of all Colorado public high schools listed in Newsweek’s top 2,000 public schools. Results are below:
- #49 Peak to Peak Charter School | Lafayette, CO
- #98Fairview High School | Boulder, CO
- #174 D’Evelyn Jr./Sr. High School | Denver, CO
- #286 Aspen High School | Aspen, CO
- #385 Cherry Creek High School | Greenwood Village, CO
- #398 Smoky Hill High School | Aurora, CO
- #423 Evergreen High School | Evergreen, CO
- #471 Rock Canyon High School | Highlands Ranch, CO
- #479 Rampart High School | Colorado Springs, CO
- #550 Niwot High School | Niwot, CO
- #560 Grandview High School | Aurora, CO
- #664 Denver School of the Arts | Denver, CO
- #676 Cheyenne Mountain High School | Colorado Springs, CO
- #704 Arapahoe High School | Centennial, CO
- #747 Thunder Ridge High School | Highlands Ranch, CO
- #766 The Classical Academy| Colorado Springs, CO
- #768 Lyons High School | Lyons, CO
- #771 Monarch High School | Louisville, CO
- #782 Lakewood High School | Lakewood, CO
- #789 Conifer High School | Conifer, CO
- #822 Denver Center for International Studies Denver Public Schools | Denver, CO
- #887 Douglas County High School | Castle Rock, CO
- #1064 Chaparral High School | Parker, CO
- #1066 Frontier Academy Charter School | Greeley, CO
- #1078 Air Academy High School | Colorado Springs, CO
- #1095 The Vanguard School | Colorado Springs, CO
- #1135 Ponderosa High School | Parker, CO
- #1204 Silver Creek High School | Longmont, CO
- #1209 Highlands Ranch High School | Highlands Ranch, CO
- #1242 James Irwin Charter High School | Colorado Springs, CO
- #1252 Heritage High School | Littleton, CO
- #1363 Legacy High School | Broomfield, CO
- #1428 Dakota Ridge High School | Littleton, CO
- #1482 Martin Luther King, Jr. Early College | DenverCO
- #1531 Eaglecrest High School | Centennial, CO
- #1626 Cherokee Trail High School | Aurora, CO
- #1867 Overland High School | Aurora, CO
- #1965 Littleton High School | Littleton, CO
See the full list here on Newsweek’s website.