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Best High Schools in Colorado Springs, CO (2025-26)
Every ranked high school in Colorado Springs, CO, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.
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Colorado Springs, CO high schools ranked
How Colorado Springs, CO's high schools compare
A: 12B: 4C: 8D: 5
55% of the 29 ranked high schools in Colorado Springs, CO earn an A or B (12 A grades, 4 B, 8 C, 5 D, 0 F), against 50% of high schools nationwide. 24 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (83% here, 74% nationally), and 16 exceed it. On average 46% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 37% (national averages: 44% actual, 41% projected).
The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: James Irwin Charter High School (55% against 20%, A-), Atlas Preparatory High School (36% against 13%, C), Tca College Pathways (73% against 53%, A+), The Classical Academy High School (71% against 51%, A+), Pikes Peak Early College (68% against 54%, A+).
Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 10): Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an (6).
The largest ranked high schools: Doherty High School (1,832 students, C-, #22), Pine Creek High School (1,815 students, A+, #5), Liberty High School (1,647 students, A-, #12).
Of the top 25, 0 are magnet schools and 9 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.
High schools in Colorado Springs, CO that are not ranked
14 graded high schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.
Special-purpose schools (10)
Alternative, special-education and vocational schools serve a different mission and a different student body, so they are graded but not ranked against regular schools.
- C Achieve Online, Colorado Springs
- D Aspen Valley Campus, Colorado Springs
- D- Colorado School For The Deaf And Blind, Colorado Springs
- D- Community Prep Charter School, Colorado Springs
- D+ Discovery High School, Colorado Springs
- C- Eastlake High School Of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs
- F Nikola Tesla Education Opportunity Center, Colorado Springs
- A Odyssey Early College And Career Options, Colorado Springs
- C+ Power Technical Early College, Colorado Springs
- D- The Bijou School, Colorado Springs
Fully online schools (2)
Statewide virtual schools draw students from everywhere, so a place ranking is not a fair comparison.
- A+ Aspire Online Academy, Colorado Springs
- C- D3 My Way Virtual School, Colorado Springs
Not yet graded (2)
Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.
- Cheyenne Mountain High School, Colorado Springs
- Thomas Maclaren State Charter School, Colorado Springs
About this ranking
- Scope: public high schools in Colorado Springs, CO, as grouped on its schools page; the Colorado ranking covers the whole state.
- Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
- Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
- Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the high schools.
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works
Questions about high schools in Colorado Springs, CO
What is the best high school in Colorado Springs, CO?
The Vanguard School High in Colorado Springs ranks first among the 29 ranked high schools in Colorado Springs, CO with a SchoolGrade of A+, 82% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 71%.
How are high schools in Colorado Springs, CO ranked?
By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.
How many high schools does Colorado Springs, CO have?
SchoolGrade grades 43 public high schools in Colorado Springs, CO; 29 are ranked here and 14 are listed as not ranked.