University Schools
Greeley, CO 80634
Phone: (970) 330-2221
District: Greeley 6 School District
GreatSchools Rating
charter • Grades K-12 • 1784 students
Greeley's University Schools is a charter school that serves grades K-12. It has received a GreatSchools rating of 5 out of 10 based on its performance on state standardized tests.
University Schools is a charter school located in Greeley, CO. 1784 students attend University Schools.
School Ratings
| Category | Rating | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Test Scores | 4/10 | The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) data from Colorado Department of Education. |
| College Readiness | 7/10 | The College Readiness Rating uses this high school's graduation rates, college entrance exam participation and performance, or AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment participation to determine how well schools are preparing students for success in college and beyond. The College Readiness Rating was created using the following data from the 2021 Civil Rights Data Collection: percentage of students enrolled in IB, AP or Dual Enrollment classes in grades 9-12, using 2025 4-year high school graduation rate data from Colorado Department of Education, using 2025 Average SAT score data from Colorado Department of Education, and using 2025 demographic data from the National Center for Education Statistics. |
Posted: June 5, 2025
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Posted: June 5, 2025
This school is all about popularity, academics do not matter. If your child is smart they will be accused of cheating regularly. They give no reason to achieve high grades because everyone is a winner at this school. They punish the kids that try to be independent, my daughter was enrolled through Aims and was taking concurrent enrollment classes and they marked her absent everyday causing her to explain to the office every day, and they often didn't believe her and treated her as though she was ditching. The schools principal only cares about attendance, even though bullying is rampant and 1 child committed suicide every year my daughter was in highschool. The teachers encourage the clickyness with things like lgbtq clubs that were led by teachers. My daughter was the student representative for the year as well, and should have given a speech but thry chose a popular girl that used the word "bestest" in her speech.... that should say a lot!
Posted: June 5, 2025
Posted: November 5, 2023
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Posted: November 5, 2023
Posted: November 5, 2023
At the elementary level, this school is more concerned about giving students fun and engaging "learning" activities rather than actual academic progress. My child's teachers did not seem overly concerned that she was consistently reading below grade level from first grade to fifth grade. She never received specific, explicit, systematic instruction in phonics and decoding. She isn't "low" enough to qualify for special education services, so it seems like she just got left behind. I've spoken with other families with similar experiences, and looking at the test scores for both reading and math is concerning. School should be fun, but not at the expense of academic support and real learning growth.
Posted: November 5, 2023
Posted: November 5, 2023
Posted: October 15, 2021
This school does not value a safe environment for their students. During COVID, they continue to host House Events which mix the entire school, K-12, together. They will not encourage masks for the students who chose masking as their COVID prevention option. Two months into school, they are still not enforcing weekly testing, as promised. The director does not communicate well with concerned parents. She avoids issues and pretends she does not know about COVID or the concerns of parents. The school does not value prevention and education when it comes to COVID protocol. They would rather pretend COVID is a cold and not a threat to our community. My family tested positive for COVID because of the school's lack of attention, concern, and action. Their hope is to get everyone sick so we can get past it. I would not look forward to dealing with any concerning situation with this school, as the director and board of governors DO NOT CARE about you more than money. I tried for two months to get someone to listen. Their response was to turn off their emails. Also, they did not focus on teaching my child at all so far this school year. No homework, no challenging assignments, little effort all around. As someone with an education background, this is a poor excuse for an educational facility. Besides sports, what are they teaching?
Posted: October 15, 2021
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Posted: May 19, 2021
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Posted: May 19, 2021
This School has tons of bullying and no one does anything about it. Students make tons of racist, sexist, and homophobic jokes everyday.
Posted: February 10, 2021
Why not everybody else has them at 5 Stars or at 1 star? If your kids go there, you know whats right or wrong with all this? Even if you dont go here you see what all this is about? Principles on the side teachers and not looking for the problem that exists!! The director if schools not listening to paro, but will listen to staff without knowing whats happening or what happened. But just ignore the parent by acknowledging that she isnt listening to you or what you have to say, are you kidding me? But if you answer phones for her.....????........ But what can you do? Just leave and dont say anything more, thats what they want? They cannot say otherwise and she knows all of this without lying on HER new job?? Im sure this is going to effect what and how my kids do, oh wait its already happening!!!!!
Posted: February 10, 2021
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Posted: April 7, 2018
Posted: April 7, 2018
It depends who you are. Staff is bullied by parents and admin. Students are bullied, and sometimes it is dealt with
Posted: April 7, 2018
Ok. Some good dome bad. New principal would help a lot.
Posted: April 7, 2018
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Posted: April 7, 2018
Posted: April 7, 2018
The principal at the elementary level has no voice. He does what the director tells him, and she does what the important parents want.
Posted: February 24, 2018
Lots of bullying by Rich White kids on low income students, rich White kids break rules and dont receive same consequences as their minority counterparts. Obviously and highly vivible double standards.
Posted: February 24, 2018
Simply...they dont listen to Low-income or minority parents. Admin is very white, front office is very white and the percentage of minority teachers do not reflect the ethnic backgrounds of students. They also hire minority athletic coaches and attempt to pass them off as part of the overall ethnic background for teachers.
Posted: February 24, 2018
This group is ignored and are encouraged to transfer out since their needs cant be met. Thats their solution.
Posted: February 24, 2018
Nope. Lots of bullying, admin looks the other way when rich white kids are bullying.
Posted: February 24, 2018
Lots of tension, inequality. This school needs a change with the two top administrators.
Posted: February 24, 2018
Posted: February 24, 2018
Some teachers, not all, are not culturally competent. Some also grade according to who the students parents are.
Posted: January 16, 2018
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Posted: January 16, 2018
Posted: January 16, 2018
Posted: January 16, 2018
Child was bullied over and over and principle and teachers didnt act on it. There was also racial bias-BIG TIME! Terrible for my kids!
Posted: August 3, 2015
Ineffective unless your child is a scholar or even average. If your student has needs, go elsewhere.
Posted: August 3, 2015
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Posted: August 3, 2015
My children do not fit into the bell curve, so to speak. They both have IEPs and learning and health challenges. My impression from 95% of the teachers in the middle and high schools was that they didn't have time to deal with my 2 children. After 4 years of fighting battles, dealing with prejudice teachers (even special education teachers), and inadequate leadership, I pulled my children from this school. Extremely disappointing.
Posted: June 9, 2014
This school is wonderfully diverse, and has a student lead learning model rich with project based learning. I highly recommend it!
Posted: March 12, 2013
This is an amazing school where students feel valued and are encouraged to succeed through problem solving and individualization. We waited years to get in, and are so thrilled to have our children here. The teachers are wonderful and caring, and each day my child can't wait to see what is next at school. His 3rd/4th grade teacher, Ms. B. is the best we've seen, and we are sad she won't be his teacher next year. I hope with the expansion the school retains its commitment to the children, rather than simply a test score.
Posted: July 2, 2012
This is the best school I have ever been to. The teachers are amazing and they are willing to work with kids to help them out. The school has challenged me but I am able to excel. I am so glad I came to this school!
Reviews provided by GreatSchools™
| # | Name | Type | City | State | Overall Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cherry Creek | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Denver | CO | 48.5 mi |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ft. Collins | Ft. Collins | CO | 16.8 mi | |
| 2 | Loveland | Loveland | CO | 22.3 mi | |
| 3 | Wellington | Wellington | CO | 23.7 mi | |
| 4 | Cheyenne Depot Plaza/Downtown | Cheyenne | WY | 49.9 mi |
| Base | Distance |
|---|---|
| Buckley AFB | 48.7 mi. |
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