Schools · Highlands Ranch
Highlands Ranch, CO schools
Highlands Ranch’s public schools score well above Colorado’s averages: 62% of students are proficient in reading against 47% statewide, and 91% of high schoolers graduate on time against 81.7%. Kids attend one of 16 schools through grade 6, then one of 4 middle 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
Highlands Ranch’s School Grade: A
The public schools Highlands Ranch’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 92% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
ATest scoresA-Graduation
Colorado school districts we grade (161)Better than 92%
Lower resultsHigher results
Colorado towns with similar household incomes (75)Better than 64%
High confidence. Built on 16,213 tested students and a graduating class of 4,931; 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 Highlands Ranch kids go to school
Grades 7–8
4 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Douglas County School District RE-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, Douglas County School District RE-1)62%
State average 47%
Math (grades PK–12, Douglas County School District RE-1)45%
State average 30.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
91% graduate on time
Graduation rate
91%
CO: 81.7%
Graduating class
4,931
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #23 of 142 CO towns →
Districts
The district serving Highlands Ranch
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 32 schools in Highlands Ranch
Showing 1–30 of 32 schools
Ben Franklin AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 956 students
ACharterNorthridge Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 560 students
A+PublicCoyote Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 506 students
B+PublicPlatte River Charter AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 475 students
ACharterStone Mountain ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 452 students
A+PublicFox Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 436 students
APublicWildcat Mountain Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 423 students
APublicRedstone Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 398 students
APublicCougar Run Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 392 students
APublicArrowwood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 390 students
A-PublicEldorado Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 377 students
A+PublicHeritage Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 377 students
A+PublicBear Canyon Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 368 students
A-PublicSaddle Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 355 students
APublicSummit View Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 350 students
APublicTrailblazer Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 330 students
A-PublicSand Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 322 students
A-PublicCopper Mesa Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 306 students
B+PublicRocky Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,129 students
APublicRanch View Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 829 students
APublicMountain Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 752 students
APublicCresthill Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 558 students
A-PublicRock Canyon High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,325 students
A+PublicMountain Vista High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,169 students
A+PublicThunderridge High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,820 students
APublicHighlands Ranch High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,323 students
APublicSTEM School Highlands RanchOther · Grades K–12 · 1,394 students
ACharterSkyview AcademyOther · Grades PK–12 · 1,358 students
ACharterCHERRY HILLS CHRISTIAN
PrivateESPREE CHILD LEARNING CENTER
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.