Best School Districts in Colorado

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Rank (of 116)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
8^th	Academy School District No. 20	PK, KG-12	22	8	9	0	Colorado Springs	El Paso County	0.779	10	2
53^rd	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	PK, KG-12	35	7	8	4	Thornton	Adams County	0.482	51	2
	Agate School District No. 300	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Agate	Elbert County			(n/a)
	Aguilar Reorganized School District No. 6	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Aguilar	Las Animas County			(n/a)
51^st	Akron School District No. R-1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Akron	Washington County	0.501	29	22
	Alamosa School District No. Re-11J	K-12	2	1	3	0	Alamosa	Alamosa County			(n/a)
	Archuleta County School District No. 50 Jt	K-12	2	1	2	0	Pagosa Springs	Archuleta County			(n/a)
	Arickaree School District No. R-2	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Anton	Washington County			(n/a)
	Arriba-Flagler Consolidated School District No. 20	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Flagler	Kit Carson County			(n/a)
17^th	Aspen School District No. 1	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Aspen	Pitkin County	0.684		(n/a)
107^th	Aurora Joint District No. 28	PK, KG-12	42	6	6	4	Aurora	Arapahoe County	0.215	111	4
77^th	Bayfield School District No. 10Jt-R	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Bayfield	La Plata County	0.38	73	4
101^st	Bennett School District No. 29J	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Bennett	Adams County	0.261	107	6
	Bethune School District No. R- 5	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Bethune	Kit Carson County			(n/a)
24^th	Big Sandy School District No. 100J	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Simla	Elbert County	0.622	15	9
4^th	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	PK, KG-12	35	9	10	2	Boulder	Boulder County	0.81	7	3
	Branson Reorganized School District No. 82	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	2	Branson	Las Animas County			(n/a)
70^th	Buena Vista School District No. R-31	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Buena Vista	Chaffee County	0.395		(n/a)
109^th	Burlington Public School District No. Re-6j	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Burlington	Kit Carson County	0.191	109
36^th	Byers School District No. 32J	PK, KG-12	3	3	4	0	Byers	Arapahoe County	0.584	47	11
41^st	Calhan District No. RJ1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Calhan	El Paso County	0.569	54	13
	Campo School District No. Re-6	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Campo	Baca County			(n/a)
	Centennial BOCES	10-12	0	0	2	0	Greeley	Weld County			(n/a)
	Centennial School District No. R-1	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	San Luis	Costilla County			(n/a)
114^th	Center Consolidated School District No. 26 Jt.	PK, KG-12	1	1	3	0	Center	Rio Grande County	0.165		(n/a)
	Cheraw School District No. 31	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Cheraw	Otero County			(n/a)
28^th	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	PK, KG-12	49	12	9	0	Greenwood Village	Arapahoe County	0.607	31	3
	Cheyenne County School District No. Re-5	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Cheyenne Wells	Cheyenne County			(n/a)
2^nd	Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	1	Colorado Springs	El Paso County	0.856	3	1
55^th	Clear Creek School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Idaho Springs	Clear Creek County	0.478		(n/a)
	Colorado River BOCES	9-12	1	0	1	0	Parachute	Garfield County			(n/a)
	Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Colorado Springs	El Paso County			(n/a)
66^th	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	PK, KG-12	37	9	11	1	Colorado Springs	El Paso County	0.41	74	8
	Creede School District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Creede	Mineral County			(n/a)
94^th	Cripple Creek-Victor School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Cripple Creek	Teller County	0.284	112	18
100^th	Crowley County School District No. Re-1-J	K-12	1	0	1	1	Ordway	Crowley County	0.261	101	1
88^th	Custer County School District Consolidate 1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Westcliffe	Custer County	0.324	78	10
	De Beque Joint District No. 49	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	De Beque	Mesa County			(n/a)
111^th	Deer Trail School District No. 26J	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Deer Trail	Arapahoe County	0.186	89	22
42^nd	Delta County Joint District No. 50	PK, KG-12	9	3	5	0	Delta	Delta County	0.558	39	3
	Denver 1	K-12	0	0	0	1	Denver	Denver County			(n/a)
	Division of Youth Services	5-12	0	0	6	0	Denver	Denver County			(n/a)
31^st	Dolores County School District Re-2j	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Dove Creek	Dolores County	0.599	22	9
63^rd	Dolores School District No. Re-4A	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Dolores	Montezuma County	0.425	80	17
5^th	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	PK, KG-12	62	10	15	2	Castle Rock	Douglas County	0.797	9	4
30^th	Durango School District No. 9-R	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	1	Durango	La Plata County	0.599	38	8
54^th	Eagle County School District No. Re 50	PK, KG-12	11	4	6	0	Eagle	Eagle County	0.479	53	1
39^th	East Grand School District No. 2	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Granby	Grand County	0.574	36	3
	East Otero School District No. R1	K-12	2	0	2	0	La Junta	Otero County			(n/a)
	Edison Joint District No. 54	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Yoder	El Paso County			(n/a)
	Education Reenvisioned BOCES	K-12	1	2	4	2	Monument	El Paso County			(n/a)
44^th	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	PK, KG-12	17	3	7	3	Peyton	El Paso County	0.533	46	2
49^th	Elbert School District No. 200	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Elbert	El Paso County	0.509	57	8
43^rd	Elizabeth School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Elizabeth	Elbert County	0.555	33	10
95^th	Ellicott School District No. 22	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Calhan	El Paso County	0.281	82	13
75^th	Englewood School District No. 1	PK, KG-12	5	2	2	0	Englewood	Arapahoe County	0.382	77	2
79^th	Estes Park School District R-3	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Estes Park	Larimer County	0.376	68	11
85^th	Fountain School District No. 8	PK, KG-12	9	2	2	0	Fountain	El Paso County	0.336	93	8
50^th	Fowler School District No. R4J	K-12	1	1	1	0	Fowler	Otero County	0.502	49	1
58^th	Fremont Re-1	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Canon City	Fremont County	0.464	56	2
96^th	Fremont Re-2	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Florence	Fremont County	0.28	97	1
65^th	Fremont Re-3	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Cotopaxi	Fremont County	0.421		(n/a)
90^th	Garfield School District No. Re-2	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	0	Rifle	Garfield County	0.297	88	2
	Genoa-Hugo School District No. C-113	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Hugo	Lincoln County			(n/a)
32^nd	Gilpin County School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Black Hawk	Gilpin County	0.596	25	7
	Granada School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Granada	Prowers County			(n/a)
113^th	Grand Valley School District No. 16	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Parachute	Garfield County	0.17	114	1
97^th	GreeleySchool District No. 6	PK, KG-12	20	4	7	3	Greeley	Weld County	0.272	98	1
22^nd	Gunnison Watershed School District Re1J	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	1	Gunnison	Gunnison County	0.635	23	1
	Hanover School District No. 28	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Colorado Springs	El Paso County			(n/a)
72^nd	Harrison School District No. 2	PK, KG-12	16	5	6	1	Colorado Springs	El Paso County	0.391	70	2
67^th	Haxtun School District No. Re-2J	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Haxtun	Phillips County	0.408	71	4
91^st	Hayden School District No. Re 1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hayden	Routt County	0.296	76	15
	High-Plains R-23	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Seibert	Kit Carson County			(n/a)
	Hinsdale County School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Lake City	Hinsdale County			(n/a)
	Hoehne Reorganized School District No. 3	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Trinidad	Las Animas County			(n/a)
	Holly School District No. Re-3	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Holly	Prowers County			(n/a)
	Holyoke School District No. Re-1J	K-12	1	0	2	0	Holyoke	Phillips County			(n/a)
	Huerfano School District Re-1	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Walsenburg	Huerfano County			(n/a)
19^th	Idalia Rj-3 School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Idalia	Yuma County	0.659	2	17
105^th	Ignacio School District No. 11Jt	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Ignacio	La Plata County	0.227	108	3
35^th	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	PK, KG-12	90	20	29	9	Golden	Jefferson County	0.589	35
	Julesburg School District No. Re1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	1	Julesburg	Sedgwick County			(n/a)
	Karval School District No. Re 23	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Karval	Lincoln County			(n/a)
	Kim Reorganized School District No. 88	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Kim	Las Animas County			(n/a)
	Kiowa County School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Eads	Kiowa County			(n/a)
	Kiowa County School District No. Re-2	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sheridan Lake	Kiowa County			(n/a)
	Kit Carson School District No. R-1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Kit Carson	Cheyenne County			(n/a)
	La Veta School District Re-2	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	La Veta	Huerfano County			(n/a)
115^th	Lake County School District No. R-1	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Leadville	Lake County	0.165		(n/a)
81^st	Lamar School District No. Re-2	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Lamar	Prowers County	0.341	75	6
93^rd	Las Animas School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Las Animas	Bent County	0.292		(n/a)
6^th	Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38	PK, KG-12	6	1	3	0	Monument	El Paso County	0.795	5	1
	Liberty J-4 School District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Joes	Yuma County			(n/a)
26^th	Limon School District No. Re 4J	K-12	1	0	1	0	Limon	Lincoln County	0.616	27	1
9^th	Littleton School District No. 6	PK, KG-12	13	4	3	0	Littleton	Arapahoe County	0.775	11	2
	Lone Star School District No. 101	K-12	1	1	1	0	Otis	Washington County			(n/a)
	Mancos School District Re-6	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Mancos	Montezuma County			(n/a)
25^th	Manitou Springs School District No. 14	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Manitou Springs	El Paso County	0.621	26	1
56^th	Manzanola Joint District No. 3J	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Manzanola	Otero County	0.476		(n/a)
112^th	Mapleton School District No. 1	PK, KG-12	11	1	6	2	Denver	Adams County	0.172	113	1
1^st	McClave School District No. Re-2	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mc Clave	Bent County	0.866	8	7
12^th	Meeker School District Re1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Meeker	Rio Blanco County	0.744	14	2
52^nd	Mesa County Valley School District No. 51	PK, KG-12	29	7	7	3	Grand Junction	Mesa County	0.5	52
89^th	Miami-Yoder Joint District No. 60	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Rush	El Paso County	0.305	96	7
80^th	Moffat County School District RE: No. 1	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Craig	Moffat County	0.347	92	12
	Moffat School District No. 2	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	2	Moffat	Saguache County			(n/a)
	Monte Vista School District No. C-8	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Monte Vista	Rio Grande County			(n/a)
	Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	7	1	2	0	Cortez	Montezuma County			(n/a)
68^th	Montrose County School District Re-1J	PK, KG-12	7	2	4	2	Montrose	Montrose County	0.404	60	8
	Mountain Valley School District No. Re 1	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Saguache	Saguache County			(n/a)
29^th	North Conejos School District No. Re1J	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	La Jara	Conejos County	0.605	28	1
	North Park School District R-1	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Walden	Jackson County			(n/a)
	Norwood School District No. R-2j	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Norwood	San Miguel County			(n/a)
62^nd	Otis School District No. R-3	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Otis	Washington County	0.453	64	2
	Ouray School District No. R-1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Ouray	Ouray County			(n/a)
	Park County School District No. Re-2	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Fairplay	Park County			(n/a)
	Peyton School District No. 23	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Peyton	El Paso County			(n/a)
47^th	Plateau Valley School District No. 50	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Collbran	Mesa County	0.514	67	20
14^th	Platte Canyon School District No. 1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Bailey	Park County	0.73	17	3
11^th	Poudre School District R-1	PK, KG-12	31	8	7	6	Fort Collins	Larimer County	0.752	12	1
23^rd	Primero Reorganized School District No. 2	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Weston	Las Animas County	0.626	41	18
	Pritchett School District No. Re-3	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Pritchett	Baca County			(n/a)
57^th	Pueblo County School District 70	PK, KG-12	13	8	4	2	Pueblo	Pueblo County	0.47	50	7
104^th	Pueblo School District No. 60	PK, KG-12	22	6	5	2	Pueblo	Pueblo County	0.231	110	6
92^nd	Rangely School District RE4	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Rangely	Rio Blanco County	0.294	103	11
	Revere School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Ovid	Sedgwick County			(n/a)
7^th	Ridgway School District No. R-2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Ridgway	Ouray County	0.785	4	3
60^th	Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	7	3	4	0	Carbondale	Garfield County	0.461	66	6
86^th	Rocky Ford School District No. R2	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Rocky Ford	Otero County	0.333	94	8
	Salida School District No. R-32	PK, KG-12	2	2	2	0	Salida	Chaffee County			(n/a)
	San Juan boces	6-12	0	0	1	0	Durango	La Plata County			(n/a)
21^st	Sanford School District No. 6	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sanford	Conejos County	0.644	40	19
20^th	Sangre de Cristo School District No. Re-22J	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mosca	Alamosa County	0.647	19	1
64^th	Sargent School District No. Re-33J	K-12	1	1	1	0	Monte Vista	Rio Grande County	0.422	61	3
82^nd	School District 27J	PK, KG-12	19	5	6	3	Brighton	Adams County	0.339	84	2
116^th	School District N. 14	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	0	Commerce City	Adams County	0.06	115	1
78^th	School District No. 1	PK, KG-12	112	30	52	3	Denver	Denver County	0.378	79	1
59^th	School District No. 3	PK, KG-12	11	3	3	1	Colorado Springs	El Paso County	0.463	58	1
71^st	School District No. C-2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Kiowa	Elbert County	0.394	65	6
	School District No. R-4	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Stratton	Kit Carson County			(n/a)
106^th	School District No. Re-1 Valley	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Sterling	Logan County	0.222		(n/a)
	School District No. Re-10	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Briggsdale	Weld County			(n/a)
	School District No. Re-11	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	New Raymer	Weld County			(n/a)
	School District No. Re-12	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Grover	Weld County			(n/a)
	School District No. Re-2 Brush	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Brush	Morgan County			(n/a)
	School District No. Re-20 Weldon Valley	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Weldona	Morgan County			(n/a)
110^th	School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Fort Morgan	Morgan County	0.188	104	6
10^th	School District No. Re-3 Frenchman	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Fleming	Logan County	0.763	1	9
37^th	School District No. Re-4 Buffalo	K-12	1	0	1	0	Merino	Logan County	0.576	34	3
	School District No. Re-5 Plateau	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Peetz	Logan County			(n/a)
	School District No. Re-50 Wiggins	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Wiggins	Morgan County			(n/a)
	Sheridan School District No. 2	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Englewood	Arapahoe County			(n/a)
	Sierra Grande School District No. R-30	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Blanca	Costilla County			(n/a)
	Silverton School District No. 1	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Silverton	San Juan County			(n/a)
	South Conejos School District No. Re10	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Antonito	Conejos County			(n/a)
13^th	South Routt School District No. Re 3	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Oak Creek	Routt County	0.737	13
103^rd	Springfield School District No. Re-4	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Springfield	Baca County	0.242	81	22
33^rd	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	PK, KG-12	34	8	10	2	Longmont	Boulder County	0.594	30	3
45^th	State Charter School Institute	PK, KG-12	22	3	11	8	Denver	Denver County	0.528	43	2
	Steamboat Springs School District No. Re 2	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Steamboat Springs	Routt County			(n/a)
83^rd	Strasburg School District 31J	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Strasburg	Adams County	0.338	87	4
48^th	Summit School District No. Re 1	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Frisco	Summit County	0.514	48
27^th	Swink School District No. 33	K-12	1	0	1	0	Swink	Otero County	0.609	16	11
3^rd	Telluride School District No. R-1	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Telluride	San Miguel County	0.826	6	3
46^th	Thompson School District R-2j	PK, KG-12	22	4	5	1	Loveland	Larimer County	0.527	45	1
99^th	Trinidad School District 1	K-12	1	1	1	0	Trinidad	Las Animas County	0.263	105	6
87^th	Upper Rio Grande School District C-7	K-12	1	0	1	0	Del Norte	Rio Grande County	0.333	95	8
	Vilas School District Re-5	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Vilas	Baca County			(n/a)
	Walsh School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Walsh	Baca County			(n/a)
84^th	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Gilcrest	Weld County	0.337	90	6
16^th	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4	PK, KG-12	7	3	3	0	Windsor	Weld County	0.688	18	2
15^th	Weld County School District No. Re-2	K-12	3	1	1	0	Eaton	Weld County	0.688	20	5
61^st	Weld County School District No. Re-5J	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	1	Milliken	Weld County	0.455	72	11
34^th	Weld County School District No. Re-7	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Kersey	Weld County	0.594	32	2
98^th	Weld County School District No. Re-9	K-12	1	1	1	0	Ault	Weld County	0.269	91	7
69^th	Weld County School District Re-3j	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	1	Hudson	Weld County	0.397	85	16
73^rd	Weld re-8 schools	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Fort Lupton	Weld County	0.39	83	10
74^th	West End School District No. Re-2	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Nucla	Montrose County	0.386		(n/a)
102^nd	West Grand School District No. 1	K-12	1	0	1	0	Kremmling	Grand County	0.258	102
108^th	Westminster Public Schools	PK, KG-12	15	1	2	0	Westminster	Adams County	0.211	106	2
40^th	Wiley School District No. Re-13 Jt	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wiley	Prowers County	0.574	63	23
18^th	Woodland Park School District No. Re-2	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	1	Woodland Park	Teller County	0.673	42	24
	Woodlin School District No. R-104	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Woodrow	Washington County			(n/a)
38^th	Wray Rd-2 School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wray	Yuma County	0.574	44	6
76^th	Yuma 1 School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Yuma	Yuma County	0.381	62	14

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