Name: Colorado schools on the rise · enrollment growth 2017–2024
Creator: allk12
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Keywords: public schools, K-12, enrollment growth, NCES, Colorado

Colorado schools on the rise

Colorado public schools with the largest enrollment growth from 2017-18 to 2024-25.

Schools in this report

top growth in state

Top growth

+518%

Infinity Middle School

Range

+48% to +518%

2017-18 → 2024-25

TOP 50 CO PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ENROLLMENT GROWTH · 2017-18 → 2024-25

School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% change ↓
Infinity Middle School	AURORA	Cherry Creek School District	165	1,020	518%
DSST: Conservatory Green High School	DENVER	Denver Public Schools	148	556	276%
Northfield High School	DENVER	Denver Public Schools	587	2,137	264%
The Pinnacle Charter School	FEDERAL HEIGHTS	State Charter School Institute	527	1,905	262%
Rocky Mountain Prep: Fletcher	AURORA	Aurora Public Schools	229	701	206%
Three Creeks K-8	ARVADA	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	396	1,050	165%
Colorado Early Colleges Aurora	AURORA	State Charter School Institute	250	567	127%
Heritage Heights Academy	CENTENNIAL	Cherry Creek School District	244	539	121%
Wellington Middle-High School	WELLINGTON	Poudre School District R-1	552	1,173	113%
Fort Collins Montessori School	FORT COLLINS	Poudre School District R-1	133	278	109%
New Vision Charter School	LOVELAND	Thompson School District R-2J	481	1,005	109%
Rocky Mountain Prep RISE	DENVER	Denver Public Schools	281	586	109%
DSST: Cedar High School	DENVER	Denver Public Schools	272	546	101%
Del Mar Academy	AURORA	Aurora Public Schools	478	950	98.7%
Addenbrooke Classical Grammar School	LAKEWOOD	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	395	774	95.9%
Colorado Early Colleges Douglas County	ENGLEWOOD	State Charter School Institute	538	1,035	92.4%
Wray Junior Senior High School	WRAY	Wray RD-2 School District	171	322	88.3%
Peak Expeditionary - Pennington	WHEAT RIDGE	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	169	316	87.0%
Arapahoe Ridge High School	BOULDER	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	103	184	78.6%
McKinley-Thatcher Elementary School	DENVER	Denver Public Schools	172	305	77.3%
Global Leadership Academy	DENVER	Mapleton Public Schools	226	400	77.0%
Lake Middle School	DENVER	Denver Public Schools	342	592	73.1%
Stedman Elementary School	DENVER	Denver Public Schools	261	447	71.3%
Morey Middle School	DENVER	Denver Public Schools	280	479	71.1%
Kepner Beacon Middle School	DENVER	Denver Public Schools	273	467	71.1%
Power Technical	COLORADO SPRINGS	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	240	405	68.8%
Florence Jr./Sr. High School	FLORENCE	Fremont Re-2	346	572	65.3%
Jefferson Academy Secondary	BROOMFIELD	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	425	696	63.8%
Kenneth Homyak PK-8	DACONO	Weld re-8 schools	191	311	62.8%
Meadowlark School	ERIE	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	466	747	60.3%
Wiggins High School	WIGGINS	School District No. Re-50 Wiggins	148	236	59.5%
Olathe Middle/High School	OLATHE	Montrose County School District Re-1J	314	499	58.9%
STEM Lab	NORTHGLENN	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	469	740	57.8%
Deer Trail Elementary School	DEER TRAIL	Deer Trail School District No. 26J	111	174	56.8%
Swallows Charter Academy	PUEBLO WEST	Pueblo County School District 70	432	677	56.7%
Rocky Mountain Prep Southwest	DENVER	Denver Public Schools	290	453	56.2%
Manning Options School	LAKEWOOD	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	441	685	55.3%
Mead Elementary School	MEAD	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	574	879	53.1%
Orchard Park Academy	DENVER	Westminster Public Schools	347	531	53.0%
James Madison STEAM Academy	GREELEY	Greeley-Evans School District 6	502	768	53.0%
Park Lane Elementary School	AURORA	Aurora Public Schools	318	486	52.8%
Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen	EVERGREEN	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	230	350	52.2%
Bergen Elementary School	EVERGREEN	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	300	456	52.0%
Colorado High School Charter - GES	DENVER	Denver Public Schools	138	209	51.4%
Harold Ferguson High School	LOVELAND	Thompson School District R-2J	109	164	50.5%
Hoff Elementary School	KEENESBURG	Weld County School District RE-3J	226	338	49.6%
Pueblo School for Arts & Sciences at Fulton Heights	PUEBLO	Pueblo School District 60	148	221	49.3%
Drake Junior High School	ARVADA	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	673	1,002	48.9%
Erie High School	ERIE	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	1,161	1,727	48.8%
North High School	DENVER	Denver Public Schools	1,115	1,653	48.3%

50 of 50 rows · Brick-and-mortar only. Virtual, online, and cyber schools excluded. Schools must have had ≥100 students in 2017-18 and be open in both school years.↓ Download schools-on-the-rise-by-state-co.csv

How this list was built

Every Colorado public school that reported total enrollment in both the NCES SY 2017-18 and SY 2024-25 vintages was scored on percent change in enrollment. Schools needed at least 100 students in 2017-18 to qualify, which filters out small specialty programs whose percentage swings are dominated by noise. Brick-and-mortar only: virtual academies, cyber charters, and online schools are excluded by name pattern and by NCES is_virtual flag. Those schools dominate raw growth numbers but rarely represent a school families are choosing for their neighborhood.

Enrollment growth is a leading indicator, not a quality measure. Schools grow because catchment areas shift, because districts consolidate, because a magnet program opens, or because reputation pulls in transfers. A school on this list is one that more Colorado families are sending their kids to in 2024-25 than in 2017-18, for whatever reason. Pair this with the school's page on allk12 for test scores, demographics, and discussion.

Source data

NCES Common Core of Data, EDGE_ADMINDATA_PUBLICSCH MapServer, vintages 2017-18 and 2024-25. Refreshed yearly when NCES publishes a new admin-data release. School names, slugs, and current district affiliation come from the 2024-25 snapshot.

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