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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 and "meet or exceed" expectations on the indicator related to academic growth gaps.
Previous Recipients
Note: Awards for 2015 were not determined due to lack of assessment data.
2017 Recipients
Academy 20
- Mountain View Elementary School
- Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School
Adams 12 Five Star Schools
- Hulstrom Options K-8 School
- Meridian Elementary School
- Riverdale Elementary School
- Silver Creek Elementary
- Skyview Elementary School
- Tarver Elementary School
Adams-Arapahoe 28J
- Dartmouth Elementary School
Big Sandy 100J
- Simla High School
Boulder Valley RE-2
- Birch Elementary School
- Boulder Community School/Integrated Studies
- Fireside Elementary School
- High Peaks Elementary School
- Summit Middle Charter School
- University Hill Elementary School
Buena Vista R-31
- Buena Vista High School
Byers 32J
- Colorado Virtual Academy (COVA)
Calhan RJ-1
- Calhan Elementary School
Cherry Creek 5
- Heritage Elementary School
Cheyenne Mountain 12
- Broadmoor Elementary School
- Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School
- Gold Camp Elementary School
Clear Creek RE-1
- King-Murphy Elementary School
Colorado Springs 11
- Buena Vista Elementary School
- CIVA Charter Academy
Custer County School District C-1
- Custer Middle School
Delta County 50J
- Delta Academy of Applied Learning
Denver Public Schools
- Cory Elementary School
- Creativity Challenge Community
- Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design
- Denver School of the Arts
- DSST: Byers Middle School
- DSST: Green Valley Ranch High School
- Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences
- Mc Kinley-Thatcher Elementary School
- McAuliffe International School
- McAuliffe Manual Middle School
- Park Hill School
- Polaris at Ebert Elementary School
- Schmitt Elementary School
- Slavens K-8 School
- Steck Elementary School
- Swigert International School
- Valdez Elementary School
- Westerly Creek Elementary
Douglas County RE-1
- Copper Mesa Elementary School
- Eagle Ridge Elementary School
- Global Village Academy - Douglas County
- Larkspur Elementary School
- Parker Core Knowledge Charter School
- Prairie Crossing Elementary School
- Saddle Ranch Elementary School
- Sand Creek Elementary School
- Stone Mountain Elementary
Durango 9-R
- Animas Valley Elementary School
- Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary School
- Riverview Elementary School
Eagle County RE-50
- Eagle Valley Elementary School
East Grand 2
- East Grand Middle School
Fort Morgan RE-3
- Green Acres Elementary School
Fremont RE-2
- Fremont Elementary School
Frenchman RE-3
- Fleming Elementary School
Gilpin County RE-1
- Gilpin County Elementary School
Gunnison Watershed RE-1J
- Crested Butte Middle School
- Marble Charter School
Harrison 2
- Gilberson Elementary School
Hinsdale County RE-1
- Lake City Community School
Jefferson County R-1
- Bergen Valley Intermediate School
- Colorow Elementary School
- Dennison Elementary School
- Elk Creek Elementary School
- Evergreen High School
- Governor's Ranch Elementary School
- Hackberry Hill Elementary School
- Marshdale Elementary School
- Meiklejohn Elementary
- Parmalee Elementary School
- Prospect Valley Elementary School
- Red Rocks Elementary School
- Ute Meadows Elementary School
- Vivian Elementary School
- Warder Elementary School
La Veta RE-2
- Laveta Elementary School
Littleton 6
- Highland Elementary School
- Runyon Elementary School
- Wilder Elementary School
Meeker RE-1
- Barone Elementary School
Mesa County Valley 51
- Dual Immersion Academy School
- Taylor Elementary School
Moffat RE No. 1
- Sunset Elementary School
North Conejos RE-1J
- Centauri Middle School
Ouray R-1
- Ouray Elementary School
Park County RE-2
- Lake George Charter School
Platte Canyon 1
- Fitzsimmons Middle School
Poudre R-1
- Bacon Elementary School
- Harris Bilingual Elementary School
- Livermore Elementary School
- McGraw Elementary School
- Mountain Sage Community School
- O'Dea Elementary School
- Riffenburgh Elementary School
- Shepardson Elementary School
- Traut Core Elementary School
- Werner Elementary School
- Zach Elementary School
Pueblo County 70
- The Connect Charter School
Ridgway R-2
- Ridgway High School
Salida R-32
- Longfellow Elementary School
South Routt RE-3
- Soroco Middle School
St. Vrain Valley RE-1J
- Black Rock Elementary
- Erie Elementary School
- Mead Middle School
Steamboat Springs RE-2
- Soda Creek Elementary School
- Strawberry Park Elementary School
Telluride R-1
- Telluride Middle School
Thompson R2-J
- Big Thompson Elementary School
- Coyote Ridge Elementary School
Valley RE-1
- Caliche Elementary School
Weld County RE-1
- Gilcrest Elementary School
Weldon Valley RE-20(J)
- Weldon Valley Elementary School
Widefield 3
- James Madison Charter Academy
- Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School
- Sproul Junior High School
Wiggins RE-50(J)
- Wiggins Elementary School
Wiley RE-13 JT
- Wiley Elementary School
Contact Information:
Kim Burnham
Competitive Grants and Awards
(303) 866-6916
Burnham_K@cde.state.co.us