Colorado Academy

Denver · CO · Private independent · K-12 combined

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📖20 AP courses 📝SAT 1410 avg 🏅6 National Merit Semifinalists

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 20 AP courses offered (school profile)
  • 🏆 6 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1410 (25-75: 1350–1480)
  • 📝 ACT avg 31.5 (25-75: 30–33)
  • 📚 AP exam pass rate 86.0% (avg score 4.1)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Colorado Academy compares for families

Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.

  • NationallySAT mean 1410 (≈ top 4% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 31.5 (≈ top 7%) · 86% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 6 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers).
  • LocallyCO students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Humanex Academy, Shiloh Home Inc., The Joshua School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🏛️ Your state's public flagship

University of Colorado Boulder

83%
admit rate
$15,666
in-state tuition/yr · $44,918 out-of-state
1230–1420
SAT 25–75 · ACT 28–33

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $25,346/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

See the full University of Colorado Boulder profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 870 in 2018 to 983 in 2022 — over 4 years.
+13.0%
Why only 3 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

For a more current snapshot, see Colorado Academy's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.coloradoacademy.org/admission/school-profile ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +3.1%/year, projecting from 2022's 983 students:

2023
1,013
2025
1,077
2027
1,145

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At tuition per student, the 162 students projected to be gained by 2027 represent ≈ $2,592,000/year in tuition upside.

Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Humanex Academy
Englewood
Private 3.1 40
Shiloh Home Inc.
Littleton
Private 3.9 79
The Joshua School
Englewood
Private 5.8 55
Accelerated Schools
Denver
Private 6.7 28
New Vistas School
Lakewood
Private 6.7 24
Kent Denver School
Englewood
Private 6.8 740 +9.6%
Denver Academy
Denver
Private 7.2 415 +8.9%
Tennyson Center For Children At Cch
Denver
Private 7.8 30

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