Schools · Arvada
Arvada, CO schools
Arvada’s public schools score well above Colorado’s averages: 53% of students are proficient in reading against 47% statewide, and 85% of high schoolers graduate on time against 81.7%. Kids attend one of 16 schools through grade 8, then one of 5 high schools and one of 4 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A−
Arvada’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Arvada’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 78% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
A-Test scoresB-Graduation
Colorado school districts we grade (161)Better than 78%
Lower resultsHigher results
Colorado towns with similar household incomes (125)Better than 57%
High confidence. Built on 21,523 tested students and a graduating class of 6,201; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Colorado’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Colorado only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Colorado with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Arvada kids go to school
Grades 9–12
5 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Jefferson County School District R-1Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Jefferson County School District R-1)53%
State average 47%
Math (grades PK–12, Jefferson County School District R-1)36%
State average 30.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
85% graduate on time
Graduation rate
85%
CO: 81.7%
Graduating class
6,201
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #80 of 142 CO towns →
Districts
The district serving Arvada
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 33 schools in Arvada
Showing 1–30 of 33 schools
Three Creeks K-8Elementary · Grades K–8 · 1,050 students
A-PublicLincoln Charter AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 824 students
B+CharterWest Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 542 students
A+PublicMeiklejohn ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 521 students
APublicSierra Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 493 students
A-PublicVan Arsdale Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 492 students
APublicFoster Dual Language PK-8Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 454 students
DPublicExcel Academy Charter SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 445 students
B+CharterWarder Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 432 students
APublicHackberry Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 430 students
B+PublicLawrence Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 412 students
C-PublicVanderhoof Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 403 students
B+PublicSecrest Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 334 students
C+PublicWeber Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 312 students
BPublicLittle Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 310 students
DPublicStott Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 288 students
B-PublicSwanson Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 283 students
DPublicFremont Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 268 students
BPublicOberon Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 704 students
B-PublicNorth Arvada Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 464 students
CPublicProspect AcademyMiddle · Grades 4–8 · 94 students
CharterArvada West High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,923 students
B+PublicRalston Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,875 students
A+PublicPomona Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · Grades 6–12 · 1,252 students
B-PublicArvada High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 754 students
C-PublicTwo Roads Charter SchoolOther · Grades PK–12 · 345 students
CCharterCampbell Early Learning CenterPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 198 students
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PrivateFORGE CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL
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PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.