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)
080435000627	361	Tope Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2220 N 7th St	Grand Junction	81501	Mesa County	Mesa County Valley School District No. 51	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 254-7070	365	18	20.4	43.6%	255 (69.9%)	5 (1.4%)	85 (23.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.4%)	$13,073							60.5	53.9	401	40
080615001854	362	Cedar Ridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1266 West Oro Grande Drive	Pueblo West	81007	Pueblo County	Pueblo County School District 70	No	No	No	No	(719) 547-8268	469	24	19.9	34.1%	288 (61.4%)	2 (0.4%)	147 (31.3%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	23 (4.9%)	$10,068							60.5	61.5	334	28
080002000727	363	Academy of Charter Schools	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	11800 Lowell Blvd	Westminster	80031	Adams County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 289-8088	1,890	92	20.4	26.1%	1,050 (55.6%)	17 (0.9%)	586 (31.0%)	137 (7.2%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	95 (5.0%)	$11,079							60.2	58.4	356	7
080537006757	364	Grand View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6601 Aggregate Blvd	Frederick	80516	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 702-8000	444	23	19.5	26.6%	297 (66.9%)	5 (1.1%)	99 (22.3%)	26 (5.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.4%)	$14,223							60.2	48.3	449	85
080735001364	365	Skyview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1000 Stone Mountain Drive	Windsor	80550	Weld County	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4	No	No	No	No	(970) 686-8500	718	40	17.9	19.2%	538 (74.9%)	9 (1.3%)	126 (17.5%)	7 (1.0%)	3 (0.4%)	4 (0.6%)	31 (4.3%)	$11,113							60.1	53.1	405	40
080480001508	366	Excel Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	11500 W. 84th Ave	Arvada	80005	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 467-2295	478	25	19.1	14.0%	387 (81.0%)	3 (0.6%)	57 (11.9%)	9 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.4%)	$10,140							60	73.4	219	147
080480000714	367	Dutch Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7304 West Roxbury Place	Littleton	80128	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-4565	294	18	16.3	39.8%	225 (76.5%)	1 (0.3%)	51 (17.3%)	3 (1.0%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.1%)	$15,068							60	54.5	395	28
080258006718	368	Reunion Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	11021 Landmark Drive	Commerce City	80022	Adams County	School District 27J	No	No	No	No	(720) 685-8501	783	36	21.7	18.4%	406 (51.9%)	27 (3.4%)	278 (35.5%)	29 (3.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	41 (5.2%)	$11,666							59.9	67.7	273	95
080648001119	369	Talbott STEAM Innovation School	Public	K-5	401 Dean Drive	Colorado Springs	80911	El Paso County	School District No. 3	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 391-3475	356	27	13.1	41.0%	183 (51.4%)	19 (5.3%)	113 (31.7%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.0%)	31 (8.7%)	$13,623							59.9	36.4	547	178
080258006875	370	Discovery Magnet School	Public	K-8	4949 E. 147th Ave.	Thornton	80602	Adams County	School District 27J	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(303) 655-6260	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								59.8			(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:

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

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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