Mile High Driver Training: CommunityVotes 2026 Platinum Winner, Driving School

Everyone remembers their first time behind the wheel — the excitement, the nerves, the instructor who made all the difference. Four Denver-metro communities just told Colorado who gets that moment right: Mile High Driver Training took home Platinum in the Driving School category of CommunityVotes 2026 in Thornton, Lakewood, Arvada, and Westminster, part of the Education, Lessons and Courses group.

That kind of recognition across four separate communities comes from nearly 30 years of a family doing one thing with total focus — and a record to back it up.

Serving Thornton from a Nearby, Purpose-Placed Location

Mile High Driver Training serves Thornton and the broader Adams County community from its Northglenn office at 11918 Washington St, Northglenn, CO 80233 — chosen specifically for its convenience to Thornton, Westminster, and the surrounding area. The location sits about 8 minutes from the Westminster DMV and roughly 15 minutes from the Adams County DMV, so students can handle testing and licensing with as little driving around as possible.

Thornton students have access to the same walk-in written and road testing, and the same certified instruction, available at every Mile High location. Check hours and get full details on the Northglenn location page, or see all three Mile High locations — Denver, Lakewood, and Northglenn — on the Locations page.

Why Four Communities Voted Mile High Platinum

• Real Colorado roads. Instruction takes place on the traffic students will actually face in and around Thornton, Northglenn, and the greater Denver metro, giving students a genuine mix of residential, commercial, and highway driving before test day. Students can preview exactly what to expect on the Colorado driver's test guide before they ever get behind the wheel.
• No-wait, walk-in testing. Mile High is one of Colorado's largest third-party testing centers. State written exams and road tests run first-come, first-served, so students can skip the weeks-long wait for a state DMV appointment. Preregistration steps and other DMV requirements are laid out on the DMV Resources page.
• Credentials that actually matter. Every instructor is state-certified, and Mile High's instructors also serve as state examiners — so students practice to the exact standard they're graded on.
• Multilingual instruction. Services are available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese, so students and families can learn comfortably in the language they know best.
• More than one class. Behind-the-wheel lessons, state written and driving exams, 4-hour driver awareness classes, full adult driver education, and a 30-hour online course for 14½–15-year-olds are all detailed on the Programs page.

Founded in 1995, Still Family-Run Today

Mile High Driver Training got its start in 1995, when a former over-the-road truck driver set out to bring genuine, real-road driver training to the Denver metro area. Three decades later, his son Chuck LaMonaca runs the company — you can read more of that story on the About Mile High Driver Training page — joined by a third generation of family members who carry the same philosophy forward: patient instruction builds confident, safe drivers, one lesson at a time.

That family stake shows up in how the school operates. It's the same family that's answered the phone for Thornton and Denver-metro students for years, with a genuine, personal investment in getting every lesson right. Longevity like this is earned — one confident new driver at a time, year after year, family after family. That's the track record Thornton, Lakewood, Arvada, and Westminster all recognized with their Platinum votes.

Ready to see why four communities voted Mile High Platinum? Book a lesson or ask a question — or call (303) 922-1000, ext. 5 for the Northglenn location.