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)
080192000008	191	Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8365 Orchard Path Road	Colorado Springs	80919	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-5300	441	29	15.4	11.1%	326 (73.9%)	10 (2.3%)	57 (12.9%)	13 (2.9%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.8%)	$12,443							77.5	78.9	173	18
080345001407	192	Sand Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	8898 South Maplewood Drive	Highlands Ranch	80126	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-6600	365	24	15.3	15.3%	237 (64.9%)	4 (1.1%)	70 (19.2%)	12 (3.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (10.7%)	$15,932							77.3	78	180	12
080399006827	193	Bamford Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6055 Travers Stakes Street	Loveland	80538	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-8500	294	20	14.5	17.0%	214 (72.8%)	3 (1.0%)	46 (15.6%)	15 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.4%)	$16,694							77.3	79.6	169	24
080249006199	194	Horizons K-8 School	Public, Charter	K-8	4545 Sioux Drive	Boulder	80303	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	Yes	No	No	No	(720) 561-5580	348	28	12.2	10.6%	285 (81.9%)	2 (0.6%)	23 (6.6%)	9 (2.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (7.8%)	$12,692							77.2	81.7	150	44
080345006472	195	Sage Canyon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2420 Autumn Sage Street	Castle Rock	80104	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 433-0110	570	33	17.5	8.1%	440 (77.2%)	9 (1.6%)	71 (12.5%)	8 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (7.0%)	$14,267							77.1	70.2	249	54
080249001573	196	Monarch K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	263 Campus Drive	Louisville	80027	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-4000	715	45	15.7	34.4%	436 (61.0%)	5 (0.7%)	107 (15.0%)	110 (15.4%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	53 (7.4%)	$18,965							77	75.4	203	7
080192000005	197	Mountain View Elementary School	Public	K-5	10095 Lexington Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-4800	582	33	17.8	7.4%	404 (69.4%)	5 (0.9%)	92 (15.8%)	31 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	48 (8.2%)	$11,364							76.5	84	129	68
080522000860	198	Alta Vista Charter School	Public, Charter	K-6	8785 Cr Ll	Lamar	81052	Prowers County	Lamar School District No. Re-2	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 336-2154	131	10	13.7	35.1%	77 (58.8%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (38.2%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.3%)	$8,094							76.4	74.2	214	16
080480000759	199	Normandy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6750 South Kendall Boulevard	Littleton	80128	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-4766	263	19	13.9	17.9%	220 (83.7%)	1 (0.4%)	22 (8.4%)	10 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.8%)	$17,714							76.4	77.3	187	12
080192001430	200	Pioneer Elementary School	Public	K-5	3663 Woodland Hills Dr	Colorado Springs	80918	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 234-5000	348	26	13.4	46.6%	174 (50.0%)	13 (3.7%)	103 (29.6%)	9 (2.6%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	45 (12.9%)	$14,926							76.4	74.1	215	15

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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:

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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