31. The Logan School for Creative Learning
City: Denver, CO
Category: Education
Telephone: (303) 340-2444
Address: 1005 Yosemite St.
Description: A school for gifted and creative children grades K through 8, the Logan School boasts a stimulating academic program with hands-on learning experiences for its 190 boys and girls. To be considered for admission, students must complete educational-assessment and intelligence testing and make an observation visit to a Logan classroom.
32. Mile High Adventist Academy
City: Denver, CO
Category: Education
Telephone: (303) 744-1069
Address: 711 E. Yale Ave.
Description: This school dates from a one-room school established by Seventh-Day Adventists in Denver in 1913. The themes here are academic excellence, individual resourcefulness and responsibility, Christian philosophy, and making the world a better place within the student’s sphere of influence. About 250 students attend grades K through 12.
33. Montessori School of Denver
City: Denver, CO
Category: Education
Telephone: (303) 756-9441
Address: 1460 S. Holly St.
Description: The oldest Montessori in Denver (there are other independent Montessori schools in Metro Denver), this school has about 275 boys and girls, ages 3 through 12. Like all Montessori schools, this one adheres to a philosophy that allows students “the opportunity to achieve individually, creatively, and successfully.” The school has a wide parent volunteer base and offers a Montessori curriculum including botany, zoology, language, math, art, physical education, and Spanish.
34. Most Precious Blood Parish School
City: Denver, CO
Category: Education
Telephone: (303) 757-1279
Address: 3959 E. Iliff Ave.
Description: Students get a standard curriculum here along with religious instruction, including morning prayer and mass once a month. The school also features geography and spelling bees, science and art fairs, speech meets, and a “super citizens” program in which grades 3 through 5 choose a super citizen from their class each month to be honored by the Colorado Optimists Club. Grades pre-K through 8.
35. Mullen High School
City: Denver, CO
Category: Education
Telephone: (303) 761-1764
Address: 3601 S. Lowell Blvd.
Description: One of Denver’s more well-known Catholic private high schools, Mullen was founded in 1931 as a home for orphaned boys. In 1965 it became J. K. Mullen Prep, a college-prep school for boys. It has been coeducational since 1989. It’s run by the Christian Brothers of St. John the Baptist de LaSalle, a religious teaching order. Today it has a population of more than 1,000 students.
36. Our Lady of Fatima
City: Denver, CO
Category: Education
Telephone: (303) 233-2500
Address: 10530 W. 20th Ave.
Description: At this Catholic school, religious instruction is offered in addition to the academic courses. The school has an extensive athletic program as well as special features including a science lab, a reading lab, and a computer lab. About 305 students are in grades pre-K through 8.
37. Regis Jesuit High School
City: Denver, CO
Category: Education
Telephone: (303) 269-8100 (girls division
Address: 6400 S. Lewiston Way
Description: Regis has the Jesuit-school mystique of quality education with a public-service mentality. It has earned a US Department of Education School of Excellence designation. Special senior projects, volunteerism, student retreats, counseling, and peer tutoring are among the additions to regular curriculum here, as well as college credit earned from Regis University. Its population is currently at about 1,350, including 500 girls.
38. Ricks Center for Gifted Children
City: Denver, CO
Category: Education
Telephone: (303) 871-2982
Address: 2040 S. York St.
Description: As the name implies, Ricks Center is for children who’ve demonstrated “educational needs in the gifted range.” A strong academic curriculum is enhanced with extracurricular activities such as chess, student council, yearbook, and Odyssey of the Mind. The school serves approximately 250 students, grades pre-K through 8, and is part of the University of Denver.
39. St. Francis De Sales School
City: Denver, CO
Category: Education
Telephone: (303) 744-7231
Address: 235 S. Sherman St.
Description: Since 1906 this Catholic school has been serving the same neighborhood south of downtown Denver, combining religious instruction and experiences with a strong basic curriculum and small classes for its 210 students in grades pre-K through 8.
40. St. James Catholic School
City: Denver, CO
Category: Education
Telephone: (303) 333-8275
Address: 1250 Newport St.
Description: On Denver’s eastern side, just northwest of the former Lowry Air Force Base, St. James provides a values-based education that emphasizes academic excellence, self-direction, responsibility, a genuine love of learning, and the wherewithal to become solid Catholic citizens. The school teaches 200 boys and girls in preschool through 8th grade.
41. St. Louis Catholic School
City: Denver, CO
Category: Education
Telephone: (303) 762-8307
Address: 3301 S. Sherman
Description: Mastery of the basics is the focus at St. Louis, along with art, music, computer training, and programs such as Junior Achievement, Great Books, and Community Resource. It’s a Catholic-sponsored school, but non-Catholics are welcome. There’s religious instruction, student-prepared masses, and special sacramental instruction for 175 students in grades K through 8. Extracurricular activities include spelling and geography bees, competitive speech, and competitive sports.
42. St. Mary’s Academy
City: Denver, CO
Category: Education
Telephone: (303) 762-8300
Address: 4545 S. University Blvd.
Description: St. Mary’s Academy is a Catholic, independent school founded in 1864 by the Sisters of Loretto. In 1875 it awarded the first high-school diploma in the Colorado Territory. Among its features are its Early Learning Center at the Denver Tech Center and the all-girls’ high school. St. Mary’s emphasizes values-based education, small classes, strong curriculum, personalized attention, and community service. Coed through 8th grade, girls only in high school, St. Mary’s serves a total of over 700 students.
43. St. Therese School
City: Denver, CO
Category: Education
Telephone: (303) 364-7494
Address: 1200 Kenton St.
Description: St. Therese School includes Catholic teaching with its conventional curriculum. It’s staffed by Sisters of Charity as well as lay teachers. It has a reading specialist and full-time teachers in physical education, computer science, and music education for around 225 students in grades preschool through 8.
44. St. Vincent de Paul School
City: Denver, CO
Category: Education
Telephone: (303) 777-3812
Address: 1164 S. Josephine St.
Description: A Catholic parish school, St. Vincent was founded to instruct children in the Catholic faith while also providing them with all the standard core academic subjects. Special features include a technology program and full-time teachers for computer education, art, music, and physical education. The student-teacher ratio is 20 to 1. St. Vincent’s starts at preschool and goes up through 8th grade. It serves 485 students.
45. Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Elementary School
City: Denver, CO
Category: Education
Telephone: (303) 424-0402
Address: 3920 Pierce St.
Description: One of the west side’s better-known Catholic schools, Sts. Peter and Paul provides sound academics and Catholic values and traditions to 425 students from pre-K through 8th grade. Features of its integrated curriculum include a literature program, computers, art, music, speech and drama, math, and physical education.