Other · Colorado
STEM School Highlands Ranch
CharterSTEM School Highlands Ranch, a public other school in Highlands Ranch, Colorado: grades k–12, 1,394 students, 17.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Douglas County School District No. Re 1.
Size and class size
Compared with schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 1,394
- Teachers (FTE)
- 79.0
- Students per teacher
- 17.6
- Grades
- K–12
- Other
More students per teacher than 76% of schools in Colorado
Median 14.9 · 90 schools compared
More students per teacher than 73% of schools in the US
Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared
Larger than 87% of schools in Colorado
Median 271 · 91 schools compared
Larger than 93% of schools in the US
Median 207 · 3,982 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Colorado's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Colorado: 45%65%proficient
+0.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 93% of schools in Colorado
Median 37% · 73 schools compared
663 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Colorado: 36%57%proficient
+0.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 93% of schools in Colorado
Median 27% · 69 schools compared
666 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Other · Grades K–12
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Douglas County School District No. Re 1.
Location
- Address
- 8773 Ridgeline Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
- Phone
- (303)683-7836
- City or town
- Highlands Ranch
- County
- Douglas County
Nearby schools
The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Skyview AcademyCharter | Pre-K–12 | 1,358 | 16.2 | 56% | 49% |
Collegiate Academy of ColoradoCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 245 | 8.8 | 40% | 23% |
| K–12 | 852 | 15.3 | 53% | 49% | |
Colorado Summit Connections AcademyFully virtual | K–12 | 1,245 | 18.2 | 31% | 13% |
Colorado Connections @ 27JFully virtual | K–12 | 2,042 | 22.3 | 28% | 14% |
Rocky Mountain Deaf SchoolCharterSpecial educationFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 82 | 4.5 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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