Vail Mountain School
Vail · CO · Private independent · K-12 combined
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The Peak School → High Mountain Institute → Vail Christian High School → Colorado Rocky Mountain School → September School → Watershed School → Shining Mountain Waldorf School → New Vistas School →How Vail Mountain School compares for families
What families should know about Vail Mountain School.
- ▸ LocallyCO students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: The Peak School, High Mountain Institute, Vail Christian High 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
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.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Their published matriculation list
Where their graduates enrolled
Vail Mountain School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 85 colleges, in the document's own order.
Years, as the document states them
2022 - 2026
and 55 more
These graduates went on to the colleges above.
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Independently verified As published by Vail Mountain School — College Counseling page ↗. Found at: "Five-Year Matriculation List (2022 - 2026):" — bare three-column list; a parenthetical number after a name means that many students matriculated there over the.
Enrollment trend & projection
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.
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.7%/year, projecting from 2022's 444 students:
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 17 students projected to be gained by 2027 represent ≈ $272,000/year in tuition upside.
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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.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Peak School Frisco |
Private | 12.6 | 83 | +33.9% |
| High Mountain Institute Leadville |
Private | 28.4 | 96 | +0.0% |
| Vail Christian High School Edwards |
Private | 16.7 | 158 | +5.3% |
| Colorado Rocky Mountain School Carbondale |
Private | 51.1 | 182 | +9.0% |
| September School Boulder |
Private | 59.8 | 74 | — |
| Watershed School Boulder |
Private | 61.3 | 111 | — |
| Shining Mountain Waldorf School Boulder |
Private | 61.7 | 199 | -19.4% |
| New Vistas School Lakewood |
Private | 62.6 | 24 | — |