Schools · Westminster
Westminster, CO schools
Westminster’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 7 elementary schools through grade 5, then Silver Hills Middle School or Mandalay Middle School or Wayne Carle Middle School and Mountain Range High School or Standley Lake High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A−
Westminster’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Westminster’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 76% 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 76%
Lower resultsHigher results
Colorado towns with similar household incomes (147)Better than 63%
High confidence. Built on 28,695 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 Westminster kids go to school
Grades PK–5
7 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Jefferson County School District R-1Grades 6–8
CSilver Hills Middle School or C+Mandalay Middle School or C+Wayne Carle Middle School
Depends on your address Adams 12 Five Star SchoolsGrades 9–12
BMountain Range High School or A-Standley Lake High School
Depends on your address Adams 12 Five Star SchoolsBased 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–5, Jefferson County School District R-1)53%
State average 47%
Reading (grades 6–12, Adams 12 Five Star)46%
State average 47%
Math (grades PK–5, Jefferson County School District R-1)36%
State average 30.4%
Math (grades 6–12, Adams 12 Five Star)31%
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.
Districts
Two districts serve Westminster
Jefferson County School District R-1Grades PK–12 · 144 schools · 73,532 students
$15,276 per studentCO $15,889A-Adams 12 Five Star SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 54 schools · 34,466 students
$15,831 per studentCO $15,889B+Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 36 schools in Westminster
Showing 1–30 of 36 schools
Colorado Preparatory Academy Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 933 students
C+PublicOrchard Park AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 531 students
DPublicWoodrow Wilson Charter AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 518 students
B+CharterRyan Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 511 students
APublicArapahoe Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 465 students
B-PublicCrown Pointe Charter AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 461 students
C+CharterCotton Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 455 students
B+PublicSunset Ridge PK-8Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 449 students
CPublicColorado STEM AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 415 students
A-PublicLukas Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 402 students
B-PublicRocky Mountain Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 318 students
D-PublicSemper Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 314 students
CPublicAdams Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 310 students
B-PublicWestminster Academy for International StudiesElementary · Grades PK–8 · 258 students
C+PublicHarris Park Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 234 students
C-PublicSilver Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 965 students
CPublicColorado Preparatory Academy Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 681 students
B-PublicMandalay Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 443 students
C+PublicWayne Carle Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 438 students
C+PublicWestminster High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,010 students
CPublicMountain Range High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,788 students
BPublicStandley Lake High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,123 students
A-PublicColorado Preparatory Academy High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 823 students
APublicPikes Peak Online SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 438 students
B-PublicHidden Lake SecondaryHigh · Grades 6–12 · 340 students
D-PublicAcademy of Charter SchoolsOther · Grades PK–12 · 1,887 students
B+CharterFive Star Online AcademyOther · Grades 1–12 · 506 students
PublicDestinations Career Academy of ColoradoOther · Grades 4–12 · 453 students
C+PublicDoral Academy of ColoradoOther · Grades K–12 · 168 students
C-CharterEarly Learning Center at Gregory HillPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 137 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.