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Fastest-growing Colorado public schools, 2017-2024

Colorado public schools open in both 2017-18 and 2024-25 with at least 200 students in 2017, ranked by percentage enrollment change over the seven-year window.

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COLORADO · FASTEST-GROWING

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
101	Roaring Fork High School	CARBONDALE	Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1	384	472	22.9%
102	Durango High School	DURANGO	Durango School District No. 9-R	1,101	1,352	22.8%
103	Independence Academy	GRAND JUNCTION	Mesa County Valley School District No. 51	400	491	22.8%
104	Summit Ridge Middle School	LITTLETON	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	693	851	22.8%
105	Sand Creek International School	COLORADO SPRINGS	Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an	485	595	22.7%
106	PSD Global Academy	FORT COLLINS	Poudre School District R-1	211	259	22.7%
107	Aurora Central Campus	AURORA	Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A	2,018	2,468	22.3%
108	Jackson Elementary School	GREELEY	GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta	416	508	22.1%
109	Timnath Elementary School	TIMNATH	Poudre School District R-1	373	455	22.0%
110	Welby Community School of the Arts	DENVER	Mapleton School District No. 1 in the county of Adams & St	253	308	21.7%
111	West Middle School	GRAND JUNCTION	Mesa County Valley School District No. 51	385	468	21.6%
112	South High School	DENVER	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	1,605	1,950	21.5%
113	Graham Mesa Elementary School	RIFLE	Garfield School District No. Re-2	349	424	21.5%
114	Joe Shoemaker School	DENVER	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	448	543	21.2%
115	Paonia K-8	PAONIA	Delta County Joint District No. 50	204	247	21.1%
116	Sunset Ridge PK-8	WESTMINSTER	Westminster Public Schools	371	449	21.0%
117	Montessori del Mundo Charter School	AURORA	State Charter School Institute	302	365	20.9%
118	William Smith High School	AURORA	Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A	339	410	20.9%
119	Aspen Ridge Preparatory School	ERIE	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	481	581	20.8%
120	Legacy Point Elementary School	PARKER	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	413	499	20.8%
121	Stargate Charter School	THORNTON	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	1,307	1,572	20.3%
122	Pathways Future Center	THORNTON	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	322	386	19.9%
123	Aspen View Academy	CASTLE ROCK	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	850	1,018	19.8%
124	Windsor Charter Academy Elementary School	WINDSOR	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4	652	780	19.6%
125	Loveland Classical School	LOVELAND	Thompson School District R-2J	863	1,032	19.6%
126	Jefferson Junior/Senior High	GREELEY	GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta	514	614	19.5%
127	Atlas Preparatory High School	COLORADO SPRINGS	Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an	418	499	19.4%
128	Montbello High School	DENVER	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	932	1,112	19.3%
129	Mead Middle School	MEAD	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	480	571	19.0%
130	Mountain Middle School	DURANGO	State Charter School Institute	254	302	18.9%
131	American Academy	CASTLE PINES	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	2,359	2,803	18.8%
132	Roosevelt High School	JOHNSTOWN	Weld County School District No. Re-5J	1,000	1,184	18.4%
133	Bennett High School	BENNETT	Bennett School District No. 29J	364	431	18.4%
134	Sand Creek High School	COLORADO SPRINGS	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	1,205	1,426	18.3%
135	Prospect Valley Elementary School	WHEAT RIDGE	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	493	583	18.3%
136	Telluride High School	TELLURIDE	Telluride School District No. R-1	252	298	18.3%
137	Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood	DENVER	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	348	411	18.1%
138	D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School	DENVER	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	1,026	1,212	18.1%
139	Sky Vista Middle School	AURORA	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	821	969	18.0%
140	Elwell Elementary School	JOHNSTOWN	Weld County School District No. Re-5J	524	618	17.9%
141	Manual Middle School	DENVER	School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C	218	257	17.9%
142	Strasburg High School	STRASBURG	Strasburg School District 31J	309	364	17.8%
143	Coyote Creek Elementary School	HIGHLANDS RANCH	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	430	506	17.7%
144	Stevens Elementary School	WHEAT RIDGE	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	400	469	17.3%
145	Windsor Middle School	WINDSOR	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4	669	785	17.3%
146	Pueblo County High School	PUEBLO	Pueblo County School District 70	983	1,148	16.8%
147	Mandalay Middle School	WESTMINSTER	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	380	443	16.6%
148	Creighton Middle School	LAKEWOOD	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	636	741	16.5%
149	Pine Creek High School	COLORADO SPRINGS	Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an	1,609	1,875	16.5%
150	Grand Junction High School	GRAND JUNCTION	Mesa County Valley School District No. 51	1,573	1,832	16.5%

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