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Colorado Governor's Distinguished Improvement Awards

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The Governor’s Distinguished Improvement Awards are given to schools that demonstrate exceptional student growth. On the school performance framework that is used by the state to evaluate schools, these schools "exceed" expectations on the indicator related to longitudinal academic growth at all grade levels.

Previous Recipients

Click on the following dates to see award recipients from prior years. Note, awards for 2020 and 2021 were not determined due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2022 Recipients

Academy 20

  • Aspen Valley Campus
  • Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School
  • Mountain View Elementary School
  • Pioneer Elementary School
  • Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School

 

Adams 12 Five Star Schools

  • Cotton Creek Elementary School
  • Skyview Elementary School
  • Tarver Elementary School
  • Woodglen Elementary School

Adams-Arapahoe 28J

  • Aurora Frontier K-8 

Archuleta County 50 Jt

  • Pagosa Springs Elementary School

Big Sandy 100J

  • Simla Junior High School

Boulder Valley RE-2

  • Bear Creek Elementary School
  • Boulder Community School/Integrated Studies
  • Creekside Elementary School At Martin Park
  • Foothill Elementary School
  • High Peaks Elementary School
  • Summit Middle Charter School

Charter School Institute

  • Academy of Arts and Knowledge Elementary
  • Colorado International Language Academy

Cherry Creek 5

  • Belleview Elementary School
  • Cherry Hills Village Elementary School
  • Red Hawk Ridge Elementary School

Colorado Springs 11

  • Bristol Elementary School
  • Howbert Elementary School
  • Scott Elementary School
  • Taylor Elementary School
  • Trailblazer Elementary School

Delta County 50J

  • North Fork Montessori @ Crawford

Denver Public Schools

  • Asbury Elementary School
  • Bromwell Elementary School
  • Castro Elementary School
  • Creativity Challenge Community
  • DCIS at Ford
  • Denison Montessori School
  • Denver Green School Northfield
  • DSST: Byers Middle School
  • Godsman Elementary School
  • Inspire Elementary
  • Lena Archuleta Elementary School
  • Lincoln Elementary School
  • McAuliffe International School
  • Morey Middle School
  • Palmer Elementary School
  • Park Hill School
  • Polaris Elementary School
  • Rocky Mountain Prep: Berkeley
  • Southmoor Elementary School
  • Teller Elementary School
  • Trevista at Horace Mann
  • University Park Elementary School
  • Westerly Creek Elementary
  • William (Bill) Roberts ECE-8 School
  • Wyatt Academy

District 49

  • Meridian Ranch Elementary School

Douglas County RE-1

  • Arrowwood Elementary School
  • Castle Rock Elementary School
  • Flagstone Elementary School
  • Global Village Academy - Douglas County
  • Gold Rush Elementary
  • Heritage Elementary School
  • Iron Horse Elementary School
  • Legacy Point Elementary School
  • Lone Tree Elementary
  • Northridge Elementary School
  • Sage Canyon Elementary
  • Soaring Hawk Elementary School
  • Stone Mountain Elementary
  • Summit View Elementary School
  • Timber Trail Elementary School
  • Trailblazer Elementary School
  • World Compass Academy

Durango 9-R

  • Florida Mesa Elementary School
  • Needham Elementary School
  • Riverview Elementary School

Gunnison Watershed RE1J

  • Crested Butte Elementary School

Harrison 2

  • Oak Creek Elementary School
  • The Vanguard School (High)

Jefferson County R-1

  • Adams Elementary School
  • Dennison Elementary School
  • Devinny Elementary School
  • Doral Academy of Colorado
  • Dutch Creek Elementary School
  • Glennon Heights Elementary School
  • Governor's Ranch Elementary School
  • Kyffin Elementary School
  • Lukas Elementary School
  • Maple Grove Elementary School
  • Marshdale Elementary School
  • Parmalee Elementary School
  • Patterson International School
  • Powderhorn Elementary School
  • Ralston Elementary School
  • Rooney Ranch Elementary School
  • Van Arsdale Elementary School
  • Warder Elementary School
  • West Woods Elementary School

Lewis-Palmer 38

  • Lewis-Palmer Elementary School
  • Prairie Winds Elementary School

Limon RE-4J

  • Limon Elementary School

Littleton 6

  • John Wesley Powell Middle School
  • Newton Middle School

Meeker RE-1

  • Meeker Elementary School

Mesa Valley 51

  • Chipeta Elementary School
  • Mesa View Elementary School
  • Scenic Elementary School
  • Taylor Elementary School
  • Tope Elementary School
  • Wingate Elementary School

North Conejos RE-1J

  • La Jara Elementary School

Peyton 23 Jt

  • Peyton Elementary School

Plateau RE-5

  • Peetz Junior-Senior High School

Platte Canyon 1

  • Fitzsimmons Middle School

 

Poudre R-1 

  • Cache La Poudre Elementary School
  • Johnson Elementary School
  • Lopez Elementary School
  • McGraw Elementary School
  • O'Dea Elementary School
  • Zach Elementary School

Pueblo County 70

  • Avondale Elementary School
  • The Connect Charter School

Roaring Fork RE-1

  • Carbondale Community Charter School

Salida R-32

  • Longfellow Elementary School

Sheridan 2

  • Alice Terry Elementary School

South Routt RE 3

  • Soroco Middle School

St. Vrain Valley RE 1J 

  • Black Rock Elementary
  • Erie Elementary School
  • Fall River Elementary School
  • Longmont Estates Elementary School

Steamboat Springs RE-2

  • Soda Creek Elementary School

Telluride R-1

  • Telluride Elementary School
  • Telluride Middle School

Thompson R2-J

  • Coyote Ridge Elementary School
  • Ivy Stockwell Elementary School
  • Namaqua Elementary School

Weld RE-4

  • Windsor Charter Academy Early College High School

Westminster Public Schools

  • Mesa Elementary School

Widefield 3

  • Sproul Junior High School

Woodland Park Re-2

  • Gateway Elementary School


Contact Information:

Patty Gleason
Grants Program Administration
Gleason_P@cde.state.co.us
303.910.5721 (c)