Watershed School

Boulder · CO · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private

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September School → Shining Mountain Waldorf School → Temple Grandin School → Joshua School-Boulder → Alexander Dawson School → Desiderata School → Tara Performing Arts High School → Sierra School Of Main Street →

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How Watershed School compares for families

What families should know about Watershed School.

▸ LocallyCO students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: September School, Shining Mountain Waldorf School, Temple Grandin 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.

Their published college acceptances

College acceptances

Watershed School publishes the colleges that admitted its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 80 colleges, in the document's own order.

Years, as the document states them
2018-2025

American University Arizona State University Babson College Bard College Beloit College Bennington College Berklee College of Music Boston University Brandeis University Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Carleton College Champlain College Chapman University Colgate University College of the Atlantic College of Wooster Colorado College Colorado School of Mines (Honors Program) Colorado State University Cornell College Cornell University Earlham College Eckerd College Elon University Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott Emerson College Franklin & Marshall College George Washington University (Honors Program) Kalamazoo College Lawrence University

and 50 more

Lewis & Clark College Long Island University - Global Loyola Marymount University Macalester College Michigan State University New York University Northeastern University Oberlin College Occidental College Penn State University Pitzer College Pomona College Portland State University Pratt Institute Prescott College Providence College Reed College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rochester Institute of Technology San Diego State University Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art and Design Scripps College Skidmore College Smith College St. Olaf College Stony Brook University (SUNY) Syracuse University The American University of Paris The New School: Parsons School of Design Trinity College Trinity College Dublin Tufts University University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Cruz University of Colorado, Boulder University of Denver University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Miami University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Montana University of Puget Sound University of Vermont University of Washington Wellesley College Whitman College Whittier College Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Independently verified As published by Watershed School — Sample of College Acceptances: 2018-2025 ↗. Found at: PDF, single page, full document.

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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
September School Boulder	Private	1.6	74	—
Shining Mountain Waldorf School Boulder	Private	2.0	199	-19.4%
Temple Grandin School Boulder	Private	3.2	18	—
Joshua School-Boulder Boulder	Private	5.6	18	—
Alexander Dawson School Lafayette	Private	9.1	521	+0.8%
Desiderata School Longmont	Private	11.2	18	—
Tara Performing Arts High School Boulder	Private	1.7	55	—
Sierra School Of Main Street Longmont	Private	13.7	40	—

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