Academics
In 2008, Newsweek ranked the school as the 282nd best public high school in the country for academics. U.S. News and World Report gave Cherry Creek a silver medal in their 2008 public high school ratings. Cherry Creek was placed 5th in a list of the top public and private high schools in Denver in an article in 5280. The school has received seven PRIDE awards from North Central, the highest ever awarded.
The class of 2008 had 23 National Merit finalists and two National Hispanic Scholars. 94.7% of the Class of 2007 attended college. Cherry Creek received the 2005 Colorado High Performance Library Center Award. The library holds more than 46,000 volumes and numerous online subscription databases. 1,300 computers across the campus offer Internet access. Cherry Creek faculty founded the Cherry Creek Diversity Conference.
The class of 2009 received more than $50 million in scholarship money from schools across the United States.
Cherry Creek has an average ACT (test) score of 24.6, not quite of the same caliber as that of Deerfield High School (Illinois), which boasts a 27.1 average test score.
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