Crested Butte Academy vs. Colorado Rocky Mountain School
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School Overview
Top Rankings
Crested Butte Academy ranks among the top 20% of private schools in Colorado for:
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Advanced Degrees
Sports offered
Colorado Rocky Mountain School ranks among the top 20% of private schools in Colorado for:
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Sports offered
Extracurriculars
School History
Overview
Crested Butte Academy is a co-ed, college preparatory boarding and day school serving students in grades 8-12.
We occasionally provide a special program for seventh grade and/or post-graduate students.CBA is fully accredited by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) and the Association of Colorado Independent Schools (ACIS).
Colorado Rocky Mountain School is an exceptional institution with a life-changing program.
Colorado Rocky Mountain School cultivate a learning enviornment in which students discover their potential to excels as individuals, contribute to their communities, and participate thoughtfully in the world we share. Since CRMS's founding more than fifty years ago, we've believed that a school should enrich and engage the mind, body, and soul of its students.
Their individual potentials become illuminated in a community that truly embraces them and their contributions. Everything that a student does-in the classroom, in the active curriculum, within and beyond the CRMS community-is designed toward the development of a complex, nuanced person, because at CRMS we value each student's individual potentials, and embrace the comtributions they can make to our school.
A CRMS student graduates with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to succeed in college, and to lead a fulfilling life.
CRMS's distillation of academic, active, and community influences is unique among independent boarding schools.
Grades Offered
8-12
9-12
Blue Ribbon School
No
No
Offers Post-Graduate Year
n/a
No
Learning Difference Programs
n/a
No
Year Founded
1992
1953
Students Body
Total Students
61 students
163 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
% Students of Color
-
13%
Students by Grade
Students by Grade
Grade 8 Students
2
-
Grade 9 Students
11
36
Grade 10 Students
11
46
Grade 11 Students
17
38
Grade 12 Students
20
43
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
12 teachers
37 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree
90%
53%
Average Class Size
6
12
Number of AP Classes
4
5
Teacher : Student Ratio
1:5
1:4
Average ACT score
n/a
24
Classroom Dress Code
n/a
Casual
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
Jan. 15 / rolling
Tuition Cost
n/a
$74,500
Tuition Notes
Students attend as full year boarding; full year day; or winter tutorial. Tuition depends on enrollment in a particular program
Day student tuition is $46,500
% on Financial Aid
50%
40%
Average Financial Aid Grant
n/a
$22,000
Admissions Director
Cristie Frey
Molly Dorais
Admissions Associate
n/a
Julie Wiley
Sports
Total Sports Offered
11
13
Extracurriculars
Total Extra-curric.Total Extracurriculars
5
22
Extra-curric.Extracurriculars
Creative Writing, Film, Health and Human Performance, Publishing, Studio Art
AGENDA - Student Government, Bike Shop, Blacksmithing, Ceramics, Climbing Route Setting, Community Committee, Cooking, Drama Set Design, Gardening, Glassblowing, Literary Magazine, Music, Peer Tutoring, Recycling & Sustainability, River Watch, Silversmithing, Ski Tuning, Songwriting, Theatre, Trail Building, Trip Logistics, Yearbook