Newsweek's Best Colorado Schools

Newsweek’s Top High Schools In Colorado

The magazine uses only the ratio of IB and AP tests given in proportion to the number of total students to determine the top high schools in the country. Those tests, Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests, are a general indicator of schools that gear education toward college placements.

Be careful, experts say this is not the only indication of a good school. Overall test results, physical facilities, extracurricula activities, quality of the faculty are also important factors.

Ask Larry Hotz about Denver area schools. He has been helping families buy homes with good schools here since 1978. He knows the territory.

Past Years	Rank	School	Location	State	Index	Subs. Lunch	E & E
	146	Lakewood *	Lakewood	Colo.	2.893	20.000	41.800
	168	Boulder	Boulder	Colo.	2.787	16.200	50.100
	242	Fairview *	Boulder	Colo.	2.469	6.000	68.200
	280	D’Evelyn	Denver	Colo.	2.342	2.000	66.000
	297	Cherry Creek	Greenwood Village	Colo.	2.306	4.600	47.200
	346	Cheyenne Mountain	Colorado Springs	Colo.	2.177	3.000	39.200
	378	Grandview	Aurora	Colo.	2.118	8.100	45.700
	399	Evergreen	Evergreen	Colo.	2.070	5.000	41.200
	415	East	Denver	Colo.	2.049	27.000	34.000
	431	Poudre *	Fort Collins	Colo.	1.998	18.000	33.000
	454	Littleton *	Littleton	Colo.	1.951	16.000	20.700
	624	Highlands Ranch	Highlands Ranch	Colo.	1.708	3.300	40.000
	632	Monarch	Louisville	Colo.	1.696	3.400	38.400
	682	Sierra Grande	Blanca	Colo.	1.619	74.000	26.900
	700	Liberty	Colorado Springs	Colo.	1.595	6.400	28.200
	701	Heritage	Littleton	Colo.	1.593	1.000	74.000
	720	Air Academy	Colorado Springs	Colo.	1.573	n/a	32.100
	739	Overland	Aurora	Colo.	1.557	34.800	21.100
	853	Hinkley	Aurora	Colo.	1.416	45.000	17.300
	966	Smoky Hill *	Aurora	Colo.	1.282	16.000	71.600
	1081	Pine Creek	Colorado Spring	Colo.	1.172	1.400	36.000
	1135	Thompson Valley	Loveland	Colo.	1.113	18.000	23.000
	1200	Bear Creek	Lakewood	Colo.	1.052	18.600	25.200

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