Vail Mountain School

Vail · CO · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private

A parent's read

  • Where graduates go, as the school itself publishes it. Vail Mountain School publishes 1 colleges with per-college counts (2022 - 2026).
  • Worth asking admissions: the school profile. Reach doesn't yet show this school's SAT/ACT or AP results. Every private school produces a counselor's "school profile" for colleges, and most post it online — ask admissions for it. How a school answers says as much as the numbers.

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Where graduates go — as published by the school

Vail Mountain School publishes where its graduates enrolled (2022 - 2026): 1 colleges with per-college counts. See the full list ↓

Their published matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

Vail Mountain School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 1 college, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

Years, as the document states them
2022 - 2026

Is my kid's college on this list?

— Stanford University — New York University — University of Southern California — University of California, Los Angeles — University of California, Berkeley — University of Michigan — Cornell University — Boston University — Northeastern University — University of Texas at Austin — Georgetown University — Duke University

The school down the road: The Peak School

CollegeVail Mountain SchoolThe Peak School
New York University—✓ named
Northeastern University—✓ named

Both schools print names, not counts, so this shows which selective colleges each list names.

As the document prints them

College  ·  Students

see full numbered list (85 colleges, sum 166) in scratchpad/matric/deep_AE_output.json 0

Independently verified As published by Vail Mountain School — Five-Year Matriculation List (2022 - 2026) ↗. Found at: Matriculation accordion tab, College Counseling page.

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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

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.

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

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 431 in 2018 to 444 in 2022 — over 4 years.
+3.0%
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.

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +0.7%/year, projecting from 2022's 444 students:

2023
447
2025
454
2027
461

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.

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
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 —

At a glance

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Vail Mountain School is a private high school in Vail, CO, enrolling 444 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.

Enrollment is up 3% from 2018 to 2022.

Vail Mountain School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the 2022 - 2026: 1 colleges, with per-college counts. Source: Five-Year Matriculation List (2022 - 2026).

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

Where do Vail Mountain School graduates go to college? Vail Mountain School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the 2022 - 2026: 1 colleges, with per-college counts. Source: Five-Year Matriculation List (2022 - 2026).

How many students attend Vail Mountain School? Vail Mountain School is a private high school in Vail, CO, enrolling 444 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

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