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 Lakewood, Arvada, Westminster, and Thornton, 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.

Your Lakewood Location, Built for Convenience

Mile High's Lakewood office sits in Westgate Plaza at 3225 S. Wadsworth Blvd, Unit K — right off US-285 and Wadsworth Boulevard, just minutes from the Belmar shopping district and easily reached from the 6th Avenue corridor. Students train on residential streets and thoroughfares near Belmar, Addenbrooke Park, and the Bear Creek Greenbelt, getting a genuine mix of driving conditions before test day.

Lakewood is one of three Mile High locations serving the Denver metro, alongside Denver and Northglenn — all convenient for students coming from Arvada, Westminster, and Thornton as well. Check hours and get directions for the location nearest you on the Locations page, including the Northglenn location details.

Why Four Communities Voted Mile High Platinum

• Real Colorado roads. Instruction happens on the traffic Lakewood-area drivers actually face — Wadsworth Boulevard, the 6th Avenue corridor, and residential streets around Belmar, Addenbrooke Park, and the Bear Creek Greenbelt. 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 you can get tested the same day you walk in. 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 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 Lakewood, Arvada, Westminster, and Thornton 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.