Top 10 Best Colorado Magnet Public Schools (2022)

For the 2022 school year, there are 29 magnet public schools serving 13,218 students in Colorado.

Learn more about how magnet schools work. The top ranked magnet public schools in Colorado are Challenge School, New Emerson School At Columbus and Lone Tree Elementary School. Overall testing rank is based on a school's combined math and reading proficiency test score ranking.

Colorado magnet public schools have an average math proficiency score of 31% (versus the Colorado public school average of 35%), and reading proficiency score of 42% (versus the 47% statewide average).

Minority enrollment is 67% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is more than the Colorado public school average of 47% (majority Hispanic).