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)
080540000934	411	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3312 North Douglas Avenue	Loveland	80538	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 613-6200	217	14	15.1	57.6%	133 (61.3%)	1 (0.5%)	66 (30.4%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.0%)	$15,858							54.1	51.2	420	9
080690001419	412	Hunters Glen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	13222 Corona Street	Thornton	80241	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-5440	467	25	18.6	55.2%	200 (42.8%)	7 (1.5%)	192 (41.1%)	31 (6.6%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.1%)	$15,357							54.1	47.6	458	46
080249000135	413	University Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	956 16th Street	Boulder	80302	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 561-5416	408	27	15.2	58.6%	111 (27.2%)	2 (0.5%)	282 (69.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.5%)	$21,754							54	63.3	315	98
080249001365	414	Ryan Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1405 Centaur Village Drive	Lafayette	80026	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-7000	458	29	15.7	31.4%	300 (65.5%)	3 (0.7%)	97 (21.2%)	20 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (7.9%)	$20,385							53.9	59.7	348	66
080279000174	415	Lincoln School of Science and Technology	Public	K-5	420 Myrtle Avenue	Canon City	81212	Fremont County	Fremont Re-1	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 276-5830	259	20	12.8	66.0%	212 (81.9%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.4%)	$16,290							53.9	48.1	452	37
080540006697	416	High Plains School	Public	PK, KG-8	4255 Buffalo Mountain Drive	Loveland	80538	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 679-9800	491	26	18.7	36.3%	351 (71.5%)	13 (2.6%)	84 (17.1%)	15 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.5%)	$13,502							53.8	55	389	27
080345001497	417	Cherokee Trail Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	17302 Clarke Farms Drive	Parker	80134	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-8125	599	37	16.3	33.6%	309 (51.6%)	25 (4.2%)	147 (24.5%)	45 (7.5%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	69 (11.5%)	$15,252							53.8	62.2	326	91
080480001006	418	Powderhorn Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	12109 West Coal Mine Avenue	Littleton	80127	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-0074	559	36	15.5	28.6%	405 (72.5%)	8 (1.4%)	105 (18.8%)	14 (2.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.5%)	$15,475							53.7	49.6	439	21
080549000947	419	Manitou Springs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	110 Pawnee Avenue	Manitou Springs	80829	El Paso County	Manitou Springs School District No. 14	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 685-2195	350	30	11.8	43.1%	262 (74.9%)	6 (1.7%)	43 (12.3%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (10.0%)	$16,211							53.7	60.4	341	78
080348001066	420	Animas Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	373 Hermosa Meadows Road	Durango	81301	La Plata County	Durango School District No. 9-R	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 247-0124	183	18	10.3	41.5%	105 (57.4%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (29.5%)	1 (0.5%)	12 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.0%)	$19,705							53.6	34.3	563	143

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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.