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)
080336000369	701	Kaiser Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4500 South Quitman Street	Denver	80236	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-6210	225	20	11	80.0%	60 (26.7%)	10 (4.4%)	133 (59.1%)	12 (5.3%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.7%)	$24,704							22.6	25.6	664	37
080336001867	702	Lowry Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8001 East Cedar Avenue	Denver	80230	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-5910	384	28	13.7	69.5%	89 (23.2%)	132 (34.4%)	112 (29.2%)	7 (1.8%)	2 (0.5%)	9 (2.3%)	33 (8.6%)	$18,988							22.6	23.6	690	12
080231000049	703	Highland Elementary School	Public	K-5	101 2nd Street	Pierce	80650	Weld County	Weld County School District No. Re-9	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 834-2853	473	27	17.5	40.8%	289 (61.1%)	0 (0.0%)	167 (35.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.6%)	$10,515							22.5	16.7	777	74
080480000724	704	Foothills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	13165 West Ohio Avenue	Lakewood	80228	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 982-9324	272	18	14.7	65.1%	138 (50.7%)	15 (5.5%)	88 (32.4%)	14 (5.1%)	4 (1.5%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (4.4%)	$16,320							22.4	35.7	555	149
080258001822	705	John W Thimmig Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	11453 Oswego Street	Henderson	80640	Adams County	School District 27J	No	No	No	No	(303) 655-2750	528	27	19.9	41.9%	193 (36.6%)	8 (1.5%)	291 (55.1%)	24 (4.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.9%)	$12,745							22.4	40.6	511	194
080234001916	706	Lotus School for Excellence	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	11001-A East Alameda Avenue	Aurora	80012	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	Yes	No	No	Yes	(303) 360-0052	951	61	15.5	88.0%	109 (11.5%)	404 (42.5%)	388 (40.8%)	17 (1.8%)	4 (0.4%)	6 (0.6%)	23 (2.4%)	$13,465							22.2	19.2	749	43
080480000780	707	Secrest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6875 West 64th Avenue	Arvada	80003	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 982-0760	249	17	14.9	55.4%	147 (59.0%)	6 (2.4%)	77 (30.9%)	11 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.2%)	$16,276							22.2	24.9	675	32
080336000407	708	Smith Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3590 Jasmine Street	Denver	80207	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-4000	420	29	14.5	85.5%	33 (7.9%)	108 (25.7%)	248 (59.0%)	4 (1.0%)	5 (1.2%)	3 (0.7%)	19 (4.5%)	$19,944							22.2	8.1	909	201
080336001738	709	Grant Ranch Ece-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	5400 South Jay Circle	Denver	80123	Jefferson County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-6880	302	23	13	71.2%	87 (28.8%)	19 (6.3%)	164 (54.3%)	15 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.6%)	$19,857							22.2	24.9	673	36
080306006319	710	McAuliffe Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	830 Hathaway Drive	Colorado Springs	80915	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	No	(719) 228-0900	519	27	18.9	52.0%	227 (43.7%)	48 (9.2%)	161 (31.0%)	9 (1.7%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.8%)	68 (13.1%)	$14,420							22.2	26.9	645	65

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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.