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Adams 12 5 Star Schl vs Adams-Arapahoe 28J

This compares what homes cost in the Adams 12 5 Star Schl and Adams-Arapahoe 28J school districts. There are 685 homes for sale in Adams 12 5 Star Schl and 1,082 in Adams-Arapahoe 28J as this page loaded. Homes are more expensive in Adams 12 5 Star Schl: a median asking price of $499,000 against $435,500, about 15% higher. By the foot it is $273 in Adams 12 5 Star Schl against $255 in Adams-Arapahoe 28J. A typical home for sale is 1,792 square feet in one and 1,613 in the other. These are figures about houses. Symbio publishes no school ratings, and a home counts towards a district because its listing named a school there.

Side by side

MeasureAdams 12 5 Star SchlAdams-Arapahoe 28J
For sale today
Homes for sale6851,082
Median asking price$499,000$435,500
Cheapest home for sale$99,000$65,000
Dearest home for sale$7,000,000$1,439,990
Median price per sq ft$273$255
Median size (sq ft)1,7921,613
Median days on market5670
What sold, last 12 months
Homes sold2,7092,814
Median sold price$525,000$449,900
How big an area each covers
Towns with homes for sale73

The darker figure in each row is the lower price, the shorter wait or the bigger number. None of these rows is a judgement about the schools — they are about what it costs to buy a house in each district.

Adams 12 5 Star Schl

685
Homes for sale
$499,000
Median asking price
$273
Median per sq ft
56
Median days on market

Adams-Arapahoe 28J

1,082
Homes for sale
$435,500
Median asking price
$255
Median per sq ft
70
Median days on market

Questions people ask

Is Adams 12 5 Star Schl or Adams-Arapahoe 28J more expensive to buy in?

Adams 12 5 Star Schl. The median asking price is $499,000 against $435,500. Per square foot they run $273 and $255, which is the fairer comparison when the homes are different sizes.

Which district do homes sell faster in?

Homes for sale in Adams 12 5 Star Schl have been listed a median of 56 days against 70 in the other. Over the last twelve months 2,709 homes sold in Adams 12 5 Star Schl and 2,814 in Adams-Arapahoe 28J.

How many homes are for sale in each district?

685 in Adams 12 5 Star Schl and 1,082 in Adams-Arapahoe 28J as this page loaded, recalculated from the live MLS feed rather than published on a schedule.

Does this say which district has better schools?

No, and it is worth being blunt about that. Symbio publishes no school ratings and no test scores. Every figure here describes the HOMES whose listings named a school in that district. That is a real answer to "what would I have to pay to buy in this district" and it is not an answer to "which schools are better". It is also not an attendance boundary — confirm the assigned school with the district before it decides anything.

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Look at either district on its own

Both districts are recalculated from the live MLS feed at the moment this page loads, and both are read at the same instant, so the two sides are always comparable. These are figures about HOMES, not about schools: Symbio publishes no school ratings and no test scores. A home counts towards a district because the listing agent recorded a school in that district against it on the MLS - that is not an attendance boundary, and district assignment should always be confirmed with the district itself before it decides anything. Figures cover residential homes; rentals, land and fractional co-ownership shares are excluded. Sold figures cover the last twelve months.

The listings these figures are drawn from were last changed at the MLS on October 27, 2026 at 10:51 AM Mountain time. The figures themselves are worked out again from scratch every time this page is opened.

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