Revolutionizing · Modernizing · SimplifyingRevolutionizing · Modernizing · SimplifyingThis compares what homes cost in the Adams 12 5 Star Schl and Cherry Creek 5 school districts. There are 685 homes for sale in Adams 12 5 Star Schl and 1,224 in Cherry Creek 5 as this page loaded. Asking prices are roughly the same in both: a median of $499,000 and $500,000. By the foot it is $273 in Adams 12 5 Star Schl against $260 in Cherry Creek 5 — so the cheaper home is the dearer space, which usually means the homes in Cherry Creek 5 are simply bigger. A typical home for sale is 1,792 square feet in one and 1,921 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.
| Measure | Adams 12 5 Star Schl | Cherry Creek 5 |
|---|---|---|
| For sale today | ||
| Homes for sale | 685 | 1,224 |
| Median asking price | $499,000 | $500,000 |
| Cheapest home for sale | $99,000 | $37,987 |
| Dearest home for sale | $7,000,000 | $19,850,000 |
| Median price per sq ft | $273 | $260 |
| Median size (sq ft) | 1,792 | 1,921 |
| Median days on market | 56 | 62 |
| What sold, last 12 months | ||
| Homes sold | 2,709 | 3,800 |
| Median sold price | $525,000 | $550,000 |
| How big an area each covers | ||
| Towns with homes for sale | 7 | 9 |
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.
Cherry Creek 5. The median asking price is $500,000 against $499,000. Per square foot they run $273 and $260, which is the fairer comparison when the homes are different sizes.
Homes for sale in Adams 12 5 Star Schl have been listed a median of 56 days against 62 in the other. Over the last twelve months 2,709 homes sold in Adams 12 5 Star Schl and 3,800 in Cherry Creek 5.
685 in Adams 12 5 Star Schl and 1,224 in Cherry Creek 5 as this page loaded, recalculated from the live MLS feed rather than published on a schedule.
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.
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 10:53 AM Mountain time. The figures themselves are worked out again from scratch every time this page is opened.