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The highest-performing public schools in reading in Arapahoe County, Colorado

Across Arapahoe County, Colorado, 123 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Challenge School leads the list at 91.3%, against a median of 37.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

123

Arapahoe County, Colorado

Top % Proficient (Reading)

91.3%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

37.3%

BEST IN READING · ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Challenge School	DENVER, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	560	91.3%
2	Aurora Quest K-8	AURORA, CO	Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A	Elementary	575	87.2%
3	Cherry Creek Charter Academy	GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	594	83.9%
4	Cherry Hills Village Elementary School	CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	491	76.8%
5	Dry Creek Elementary School	ENGLEWOOD, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	269	76.1%
6	Littleton Academy	LITTLETON, CO	Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe	Elementary	455	75.6%
7	Cottonwood Creek Elementary School	ENGLEWOOD, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	533	74.7%
8	Altitude Elementary School	AURORA, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	758	73.9%
9	Lois Lenski Elementary School	CENTENNIAL, CO	Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe	Elementary	509	73.2%
10	Homestead Elementary School	CENTENNIAL, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	334	73.0%
11	West Middle School	GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Middle	1,019	71.1%
12	Newton Middle School	CENTENNIAL, CO	Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe	Middle	781	69.8%
13	Campus Middle School	GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Middle	1,311	68.7%
14	Runyon Elementary School	LITTLETON, CO	Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe	Elementary	423	65.8%
15	John Wesley Powell Middle School	LITTLETON, CO	Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe	Middle	509	65.3%
16	Creekside Elementary School	CENTENNIAL, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	567	64.4%
17	Walnut Hills Community Elementary School	CENTENNIAL, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	342	64.1%
18	Gudy Gaskill Elementary	CENTENNIAL, CO	Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe	Elementary	508	64.0%
19	Wilder Elementary School	LITTLETON, CO	Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe	Elementary	592	63.3%
20	Willow Creek Elementary School	CENTENNIAL, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	462	62.8%
21	Heritage Elementary School	CENTENNIAL, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	302	62.7%
22	Black Forest Hills Elementary School	AURORA, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	500	62.7%
23	Euclid Middle School	LITTLETON, CO	Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe	Middle	631	62.7%
24	Greenwood Elementary School	GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	355	61.5%
25	Littleton Prep Charter School	LITTLETON, CO	Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe	Elementary	498	60.7%
26	Rolling Hills Elementary School	AURORA, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	499	60.6%
27	Ford Elementary	CENTENNIAL, CO	Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe	Elementary	653	60.5%
28	Indian Ridge Elementary School	AURORA, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	410	60.2%
29	Belleview Elementary School	GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	577	59.9%
30	Aurora Frontier K-8	AURORA, CO	Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A	Elementary	761	58.8%
31	Fox Ridge Middle School	AURORA, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Middle	966	58.2%
32	Hopkins Elementary School	CENTENNIAL, CO	Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe	Elementary	372	58.1%
33	Murphy Creek K-8 School	AURORA, CO	Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A	Elementary	855	57.9%
34	Sandburg Elementary School	CENTENNIAL, CO	Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe	Elementary	495	57.4%
35	Trails West Elementary School	CENTENNIAL, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	425	56.5%
36	Woodland Elementary School	AURORA, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	577	55.6%
37	Goddard Middle School	LITTLETON, CO	Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe	Middle	575	55.6%
38	Englewood Leadership Academy	ENGLEWOOD, CO	Englewood School District No. 1 in the county of Arapahoe	Middle	110	55.1%
39	Pine Ridge Elementary School	AURORA, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	617	54.7%
40	Infinity Middle School	AURORA, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Middle	1,020	54.5%
41	Byers Elementary School	BYERS, CO	Byers School District No. 32J	Elementary	275	54.1%
42	Little Raven Elementary School	LITTLETON, CO	Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe	Elementary	475	51.3%
43	Liberty Middle School	AURORA, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Middle	868	50.9%
44	Fox Hollow Elementary School	AURORA, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	555	50.7%
45	Sky Vista Middle School	AURORA, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Middle	969	50.2%
46	Mountain Vista Elementary School	CENTENNIAL, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	568	50.2%
47	Antelope Ridge Elementary School	AURORA, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	549	49.4%
48	Falcon Creek Middle School	AURORA, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Middle	701	49.1%
49	High Plains Elementary School	GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	462	48.7%
50	Heritage Heights Academy	CENTENNIAL, CO	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Elementary	539	47.7%

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