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)
080306001379	441	King Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6110 Sapporo Drive	Colorado Springs	80918	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	No	(719) 328-6000	310	20	15.7	54.8%	163 (52.6%)	28 (9.0%)	83 (26.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	31 (10.0%)	$16,799							50.8	46	472	31
080681001165	442	Frisco Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	800 8th Avenue	Frisco	80443	Summit County	Summit School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(970) 368-1500	232	21	11	19.0%	184 (79.3%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (15.1%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.3%)	$17,969							50.7	56.7	372	70
080234001759	443	Aurora Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	10251 East 1st Ave	Aurora	80010	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 367-5983	512	44	11.6	68.8%	66 (12.9%)	237 (46.3%)	159 (31.1%)	14 (2.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.6%)	$14,466							50.7	46.4	470	27
080483000807	444	Elwell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	155 Silverbell Dr	Johnstown	80534	Weld County	Weld County School District No. Re-5J	No	No	No	No	(970) 587-4605	625	31	20	19.7%	428 (68.5%)	2 (0.3%)	164 (26.2%)	9 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (3.4%)	$12,949							50.6	45.8	473	29
080408006330	445	Eagleside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	9750 Sentry Drive	Fountain	80817	El Paso County	Fountain School District No. 8	No	No	No	No	(719) 382-1520	365	26	14	29.3%	182 (49.9%)	31 (8.5%)	74 (20.3%)	6 (1.6%)	3 (0.8%)	10 (2.7%)	59 (16.2%)	$16,646							50.5	40.4	514	69
080690001175	446	Tarver Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3500 Summit Grove Parkway	Thornton	80241	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-5640	484	25	19.3	30.8%	233 (48.1%)	5 (1.0%)	174 (36.0%)	36 (7.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (6.8%)	$15,787							50.3	43.1	491	45
080480001486	447	Lukas Elementary School	Public	K-5	9650 West 97th Avenue	Westminster	80021	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-0368	262	17	15.1	38.5%	171 (65.3%)	4 (1.5%)	63 (24.0%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (8.0%)	$16,064							50.1	69.9	255	192
080615001076	448	North Mesa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	28881 Gale Road	Pueblo	81006	Pueblo County	Pueblo County School District 70	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 948-3303	416	24	17.2	49.3%	223 (53.6%)	2 (0.5%)	178 (42.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.9%)	$11,043							50	54.7	392	56
080480000798	449	Weber Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8725 West 81st Place	Arvada	80005	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-1012	234	18	13.2	43.2%	167 (71.4%)	3 (1.3%)	47 (20.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	14 (6.0%)	$16,548							50	43.4	488	39
080408001481	450	Jordahl Elementary School	Public	K-5	800 Progress Drive	Fountain	80817	El Paso County	Fountain School District No. 8	No	No	No	No	(719) 382-1400	534	34	15.8	37.1%	284 (53.2%)	29 (5.4%)	140 (26.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (0.9%)	72 (13.5%)	$13,668							49.8	56.3	377	73

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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.