Colorado schools ranked by test score
Latest CMAS year (2024-25). 61 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 44.9%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver School of the Arts DENVER · School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C | High | 82.9% | +38.0pp |
| 2 | TCA College Pathways COLORADO SPRINGS · Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an | High | 77.7% | +32.8pp |
| 3 | Lyons Middle/Senior High School LYONS · St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J | High | 76.8% | +31.9pp |
| 4 | D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School DENVER · Jefferson County School District No. R-1 | High | 74.6% | +29.7pp |
| 5 | McClave Undivided High School MC CLAVE · McClave School District No. Re-2 | High | 70.6% | +25.7pp |
| 6 | Compass Community Collaborative School FORT COLLINS · Poudre School District R-1 | High | 68.1% | +23.2pp |
| 7 | Renaissance Secondary School CASTLE ROCK · Douglas County School District No. Re 1 | High | 66.3% | +21.4pp |
| 8 | Limon Junior-Senior High School LIMON · Limon School District No. Re 4J | High | 61.5% | +16.6pp |
| 9 | Jefferson County Open Secondary LAKEWOOD · Jefferson County School District No. R-1 | High | 59.3% | +14.4pp |
| 10 | Jefferson Academy Secondary BROOMFIELD · Jefferson County School District No. R-1 | High | 58.7% | +13.8pp |
| 11 | Timnath Middle-High School TIMNATH · Poudre School District R-1 | High | 56.2% | +11.3pp |
| 12 | Nederland Middle-Senior High School NEDERLAND · Boulder Valley School District No. Re2 | High | 55.7% | +10.8pp |
| 13 | Monument Charter Academy Secondary School COLORADO SPRINGS · Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the co | High | 53.6% | +8.7pp |
| 14 | Florence Jr./Sr. High School FLORENCE · Fremont Re-2 | High | 51.4% | +6.5pp |
| 15 | Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins FORT COLLINS · State Charter School Institute | High | 50.3% | +5.4pp |
| 16 | Crested Butte Secondary School CRESTED BUTTE · Gunnison Watershed School District Re1J | High | 50.3% | +5.4pp |
| 17 | Gilpin County Undivided High School BLACK HAWK · Gilpin County School District No. Re-1 | High | 48.7% | +3.8pp |
| 18 | Wellington Middle-High School WELLINGTON · Poudre School District R-1 | High | 48.4% | +3.5pp |
| 19 | Wray Junior Senior High School WRAY · Wray RD-2 School District | High | 48.0% | +3.1pp |
| 20 | Cotopaxi Junior-Senior High School COTOPAXI · Fremont Re-3 | High | 46.9% | +2.0pp |
| 21 | Denver Center for International Studies DENVER · School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C | High | 45.9% | +1.0pp |
| 22 | Swink Junior-Senior High School SWINK · Swink School District No. 33 in the county of Otero and St | High | 45.6% | +0.7pp |
| 23 | Weldon Valley Jr/Sr High School WELDONA · School District No. Re-20 Weldon Valley | High | 45.5% | +0.6pp |
| 24 | Peetz Junior-Senior High School PEETZ · School District No. Re-5 Plateau | High | 42.5% | -2.4pp |
| 25 | Del Norte High Jr./Sr. High School DEL NORTE · Upper Rio Grande School District C-7 | High | 41.5% | -3.4pp |
| 26 | Granada Undivided High School GRANADA · Granada School District No. Re-1 | High | 41.2% | -3.7pp |
| 27 | Colorado Early Colleges Windsor WINDSOR · State Charter School Institute | High | 40.8% | -4.1pp |
| 28 | Sanford Junior/Senior High School SANFORD · Sanford School District No. 6 in the county of Conejos and | High | 40.4% | -4.5pp |
| 29 | Rocky Ford Junior/Senior High School ROCKY FORD · Rocky Ford School District No. R2 | High | 38.4% | -6.5pp |
| 30 | Springs Studio for Academic Excellence COLORADO SPRINGS · El Paso County Colorado School District 49 | High | 38.1% | -6.8pp |
| 31 | Power Technical COLORADO SPRINGS · El Paso County Colorado School District 49 | High | 38.0% | -6.9pp |
| 32 | Colorado Early Colleges Colorado Springs COLORADO SPRINGS · State Charter School Institute | High | 37.0% | -7.9pp |
| 33 | Haxtun Jr/Sr High School HAXTUN · Haxtun School District No. Re-2J | High | 36.1% | -8.8pp |
| 34 | Rangely Junior/Senior High School RANGELY · Rangely School District RE4 | High | 34.1% | -10.8pp |
| 35 | Wiley Junior-Senior High School WILEY · Wiley School District No. Re-13 Jt | High | 34.0% | -10.9pp |
| 36 | Primero Junior-Senior High School WESTON · Primero Reorganized School District No. 2 | High | 32.7% | -12.2pp |
| 37 | Performing Arts School on Broadway DENVER · Mapleton School District No. 1 in the county of Adams & St | High | 31.6% | -13.3pp |
| 38 | Calhan Secondary School CALHAN · Calhan District No. RJ1 | High | 30.9% | -14.0pp |
| 39 | Byers Junior-Senior High School BYERS · Byers School District No. 32J | High | 30.4% | -14.5pp |
| 40 | Otis Junior-Senior High School OTIS · Otis School District No. R-3 | High | 30.3% | -14.6pp |
| 41 | Pomona Junior/Senior High School ARVADA · Jefferson County School District No. R-1 | High | 30.0% | -14.9pp |
| 42 | Denver Online DENVER · School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C | High | 29.2% | -15.7pp |
| 43 | Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School DENVER · School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C | High | 28.8% | -16.1pp |
| 44 | Lake County High School LEADVILLE · Lake County School District No. R-1 | High | 26.4% | -18.5pp |
| 45 | CIVICA Colorado MILLIKEN · Weld County School District No. Re-5J | High | 26.3% | -18.6pp |
| 46 | Union Colony Preparatory School GREELEY · GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta | High | 26.2% | -18.7pp |
| 47 | Olathe Middle/High School OLATHE · Montrose County School District Re-1J | High | 25.5% | -19.4pp |
| 48 | Hanover Junior-Senior High School COLORADO SPRINGS · Hanover School District No. 28 in the county of El Paso an | High | 22.9% | -22.0pp |
| 49 | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College DENVER · School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C | High | 22.3% | -22.6pp |
| 50 | Caliche Junior-Senior High School ILIFF · School District No. Re-1 Valley | High | 22.2% | -22.7pp |
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About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the CMAS % Met or Exceeded Expectations threshold on the latest available CMAS English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Colorado, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.