(Note: To see the complete list of schools and how they’re ranked, pick up the Preps issue of Mile High Sports. High School Rankings are based on performances in the calendar year 2025.)
Click here for schools ranked 50-41, 40-31, and 30-21!
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The Formula
For 23 years now, we’ve been charting Colorado’s high school athletic programs by using our famed “High School Rankings” – a list, born of a formula that’s miraculously stood the test of time.
The math doesn’t lie.
Back in the day, we set forth to create a mathematic equation of sorts designed to fairly evaluate which Colorado schools are the best at sports. We didn’t – and still don’t – care about the size of the school, or whether it’s closer to the capital or to Kansas. All that ever mattered to us is how each school performed on the court, field, ice or diamond.
Our patent-pending equations offers no subjectivity, only objectivity.
Here it is — the math behind the madness:
(Number of Team State Qualifiers / Total Sports Participated In) x 25
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(Number of Team State Runner-Up Finishes / Total Sports Participated In) x 75
+
(Number of Team State Champions / Total Sports Participated In) x 200
+
(Number of Individual State Champs / Total Sports Participated In) x 20
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(Number of First-Team All-State Athletes / Total Sports Participated In) x 20
=
TOTAL SCORE
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The List
Unlike the magazine, where we count from No. 1 and move up, throughout the week, we will be counting down the top 50 as they fell in our 2025 rankings.
20: Limon Badgers
Class: 2A
Enrollment: 156
Score: 43.33
Last Year: No. 33 (+13)
19: Regis Jesuit Raiders
Class: 5A
Enrollment: 1710
Score: 44.64
Last Year: No. 30 (+11)
18: Denver Christian Thunder
Class: 2A
Enrollment: 216
Score: 45.00
Last Year: No. 15 (-3)
17: Eaton Reds
Class: 3A
Enrollment: 585
Score: 46.07
Last Year: No. 8 (-9)
16: Merino Rams
Class: 1A
Enrollment: 100
Score: 50.00
Last Year: No. 2 (-14)
15: Windsor Wizards
Class: 4A
Enrollment: 1121
Score: 67.73
Last Year: No. 26 (+11)
14: Sedgwick County Cougars
Class: 2A
Enrollment: 116
Score: 71.11
Last Year: No. 22 (+8)
13: Valor Christian Eagles
Class: 5A
Enrollment: 1223
Score: 71.54
Last Year: No. 6 (-7)
12: Niwot Cougars
Class: 5A
Enrollment: 1359
Score: 73.10
Last Year: No. 19 (+7)
11: St. Mary’s Academy Wildcats
Class: 3A
Enrollment: 520
Score: 75.83
Last Year: No. 10 (-1)