Best Elementary Schools in Colorado

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 943)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
080690001190	781	Stukey Elementary School	Public	K-5	11080 Grant Drive	Northglenn	80233	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 972-5420	319	24	13.2	87.1%	64 (20.1%)	5 (1.6%)	193 (60.5%)	36 (11.3%)	10 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.4%)	$18,339							16.8	14	831	50
080453001370	782	Wildflower Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1160 Keith Drive	Colorado Springs	80916	El Paso County	Harrison School District No. 2	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 579-2115	338	27	12.2	80.8%	81 (24.0%)	55 (16.3%)	169 (50.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	25 (7.4%)	$14,844							16.8	20	733	49
080291000198	783	Mission Viejo Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3855 South Alicia Parkway	Aurora	80013	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 886-8000	528	32	16.5	59.7%	197 (37.3%)	75 (14.2%)	191 (36.2%)	13 (2.5%)	5 (0.9%)	3 (0.6%)	44 (8.3%)	$15,198							16.6	25.7	659	124
080002001876	784	Community Leadership Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	6880 Holly Street	Commerce City	80022	Adams County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	Yes	(303) 288-2711	315	16	20	87.9%	18 (5.7%)	3 (1.0%)	287 (91.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	$13,287							16.6	23	697	87
080441001312	785	Monfort Elementary School	Public	K-5	2101 47th Avenue	Greeley	80634	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(970) 348-2100	353	22	15.9	72.8%	128 (36.3%)	12 (3.4%)	201 (56.9%)	7 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	$15,484							16.4	16.8	775	10
080336001380	786	Marrama Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	19100 East 40th Avenue	Denver	80249	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-5820	506	28	17.7	87.2%	28 (5.5%)	92 (18.2%)	279 (55.1%)	57 (11.3%)	2 (0.4%)	25 (4.9%)	23 (4.5%)	$17,825							16.3	15.2	809	23
080234000059	787	Dartmouth Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3050 South Laredo St	Aurora	80013	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	No	(303) 690-1155	445	26	17.1	77.1%	120 (27.0%)	62 (13.9%)	204 (45.8%)	8 (1.8%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.1%)	44 (9.9%)	$21,447							16.1	23.9	685	102
080483000808	788	Milliken Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Broad Street	Milliken	80543	Weld County	Weld County School District No. Re-5J	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 587-4667	464	31	14.9	58.2%	230 (49.6%)	1 (0.2%)	218 (47.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.8%)	$14,102							16.1	11.8	864	76
080234006318	789	Global Village Academy Aurora	Public, Charter	K-8	16401 E Alameda Dr	Aurora	80017	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 309-6657	861	74	11.6	81.1%	64 (7.4%)	121 (14.1%)	594 (69.0%)	17 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.7%)	58 (6.7%)	$15,328							16.1	12.3	852	63
080723001242	790	Mesa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	9100 Lowell Boulevard	Westminster	80031	Adams County	Westminster Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 428-2891	295	20	14.6	90.5%	53 (18.0%)	8 (2.7%)	207 (70.2%)	9 (3.1%)	4 (1.4%)	3 (1.0%)	11 (3.7%)	$19,411							16	24.9	674	116

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on CMAS English Language Arts, CMAS Math, CMAS Science test scores released by the Colorado Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 29, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Colorado Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Department of Education.