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)
080615006773	551	Villa Bella Expeditionary School	Public, Charter	K-5	2390 Rawlings Blvd	Pueblo	81001	Pueblo County	Pueblo County School District 70	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 621-1763	300	16	18.4	33.3%	139 (46.3%)	1 (0.3%)	138 (46.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.0%)	$8,372							36.3	33.1	580	29
080735006871	552	American Legacy Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1870 Marina Dr.	Windsor	80550	Weld County	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(970) 460-6057	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								36.2			(n/a)
080387000505	553	Falcon Elementary School of Technology	Public	PK, KG-5	12050 Falcon Highway	Falcon	80831	El Paso County	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 495-5272	257	21	12	47.5%	163 (63.4%)	2 (0.8%)	65 (25.3%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	23 (8.9%)	$17,215							36.1	28.5	621	68
080399000542	554	Putnam Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1400 Maple Street	Fort Collins	80521	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 488-7700	306	29	10.6	88.2%	106 (34.6%)	6 (2.0%)	172 (56.2%)	3 (1.0%)	6 (2.0%)	2 (0.7%)	11 (3.6%)	$18,283							36.1	25.7	661	107
080002006784	555	Coperni 3	Public, Charter	K-8	750 Citadel Drive East	Colorado Springs	80909	El Paso County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	Yes	(719) 619-7178	298	21	14	68.5%	125 (41.9%)	50 (16.8%)	111 (37.2%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	6 (2.0%)	$14,925							35.9	33.7	572	17
080480000696	556	Bear Creek K-8 School	Public	K-8	9601 West Dartmouth Place	Lakewood	80227	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-8714	931	52	17.9	56.8%	383 (41.1%)	16 (1.7%)	429 (46.1%)	62 (6.7%)	9 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (3.3%)	$14,416							35.7	40.3	515	41
080615001084	557	Vineland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	35777 Iris Road	Pueblo	81006	Pueblo County	Pueblo County School District 70	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 948-3331	308	19	16.2	56.5%	182 (59.1%)	0 (0.0%)	113 (36.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.2%)	$11,668							35.7	39.7	526	31
080291001405	558	Timberline Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5500 South Killarney Street	Centennial	80015	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	No	(720) 886-3200	576	30	19.1	24.7%	297 (51.6%)	65 (11.3%)	111 (19.3%)	34 (5.9%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (11.1%)	$13,917							35.5	34.4	562	4
080453001533	559	Sand Creek International School	Public	K-8	550 Sand Creek Drive	Colorado Springs	80916	El Paso County	Harrison School District No. 2	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 579-3760	557	42	13.2	66.4%	90 (16.2%)	74 (13.3%)	332 (59.6%)	13 (2.3%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.5%)	41 (7.4%)	$15,507							35.4	27.5	635	76
080441006859	560	Tointon Academy of Pre-Engineering	Public	PK, KG-7	717 71st Ave	Greeley	80634	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(970) 348-4000	800	37	21.3	55.4%	316 (39.5%)	15 (1.9%)	414 (51.8%)	15 (1.9%)	7 (0.9%)	4 (0.5%)	29 (3.6%)	$12,803							35.4			(n/a)

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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.

Educational resources:

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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.