Best Elementary Schools in Colorado

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the CMAS test scores by the Colorado Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, August 29, 2024.

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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)
080399001717	211	Ridgeview Classical Schools	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1800 South Lemay Avenue	Fort Collins	80525	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 494-4620	729	45	16.1		612 (84.0%)	7 (1.0%)	56 (7.7%)	14 (1.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (5.2%)	$10,442							75	77.3	186	25
080270000163	212	Byers Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	444 East Front Street	Byers	80103	Arapahoe County	Byers School District No. 32J	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 822-5292	271	18	14.8	34.7%	209 (77.1%)	1 (0.4%)	49 (18.1%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.0%)	$15,870							74.9	44.9	477	265
080002006701	213	Steamboat Montessori	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	27285 Brandon Circle	Steamboat Springs	80487	Routt County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 879-6653	151	10	14.9		137 (90.7%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (7.3%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	$13,874							74.9			(n/a)
080291000184	214	Belleview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4851 South Dayton Street	Greenwood Village	80111	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	No	(720) 554-3100	524	35	15	19.7%	236 (45.0%)	28 (5.3%)	58 (11.1%)	153 (29.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (8.8%)	$15,363							74.8	88.8	85	129
080345001638	215	Iron Horse Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	20151 Tallman Drive	Parker	80138	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-8525	448	27	16.5	15.0%	307 (68.5%)	8 (1.8%)	67 (15.0%)	19 (4.2%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	41 (9.2%)	$15,058							74.7	62.3	323	108
080345001875	216	Frontier Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	23919 East Canterberry Trail	Parker	80138	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-8475	388	21	18.4	5.7%	292 (75.3%)	3 (0.8%)	44 (11.3%)	9 (2.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (10.1%)	$16,095							74.5	78.9	172	44
080336001679	217	Southmoor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3755 South Magnolia Way	Denver	80237	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-3930	408	25	16.3	27.0%	246 (60.3%)	44 (10.8%)	66 (16.2%)	14 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	35 (8.6%)	$16,066							74.5	79.7	168	49
080432000594	218	Fraser Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	125 Eastom	Fraser	80442	Grand County	East Grand School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(970) 726-8033	256	21	12.1	10.9%	219 (85.5%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (11.3%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.6%)	$18,326							74.3	70.1	253	35
080426001505	219	Carbondale Community Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1505 Satank Road	Carbondale	81623	Garfield County	Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 963-9647	138	16	8.5	21.0%	93 (67.4%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (29.7%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)	$15,745							74.2	51.2	419	200
080336006603	220	Willow Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8499 E Stoll Place	Denver	80238	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-2100	594	36	16.5	16.8%	334 (56.2%)	35 (5.9%)	118 (19.9%)	39 (6.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (11.1%)	$15,442							74.1	79.9	167	53

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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.