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)
080555001932	721	Adventure Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	7725 Conifer Rd	Denver	80221	Adams County	Mapleton School District No. 1	No	Yes	No	Yes	(303) 853-1410	361	21	17.1	68.4%	31 (8.6%)	2 (0.6%)	313 (86.7%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	10 (2.8%)	$14,805							21.7	19.4	747	26
080690001181	722	Malley Drive Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1300 East Malley Drive	Northglenn	80233	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 972-5480	439	26	16.8	74.7%	125 (28.5%)	12 (2.7%)	260 (59.2%)	18 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.2%)	$16,543							21.6	17.2	770	48
080441001989	723	Winograd K-8 Elementary School	Public	K-8	320 North 71st Avenue	Greeley	80634	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(970) 348-2600	593	35	16.9	66.4%	137 (23.1%)	4 (0.7%)	431 (72.7%)	4 (0.7%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (1.9%)	$13,366							21.6	22.9	698	25
080540001285	724	Sarah Milner Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	743 Jocelyn Drive	Loveland	80537	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 613-6700	282	16	17.8	61.3%	176 (62.4%)	1 (0.4%)	90 (31.9%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.6%)	$15,284							21.5	19.8	738	14
080291000196	725	Independence Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4700 South Memphis Street	Aurora	80015	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 886-8200	432	30	14.3	61.1%	173 (40.0%)	64 (14.8%)	127 (29.4%)	18 (4.2%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	46 (10.6%)	$17,844							21.4	22.7	700	25
080690006561	726	STEM Launch	Public, Magnet	K-8	9450 Pecos Street	Thornton	80206	Denver County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(720) 972-5120	738	50	14.7	75.1%	142 (19.2%)	2 (0.3%)	571 (77.4%)	7 (0.9%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.6%)	$15,271							21.3	27.3	639	87
080441001291	727	Jackson Elementary School	Public	K-5	2002 25th Street	Greeley	80631	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 348-1500	471	27	17.2	83.4%	90 (19.1%)	43 (9.1%)	278 (59.0%)	51 (10.8%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	5 (1.1%)	$13,239							21.3	18.8	757	30
080690001461	728	Riverdale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10724 Elm Drive	Thornton	80233	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-5580	408	25	16.3	59.1%	152 (37.3%)	3 (0.7%)	217 (53.2%)	16 (3.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.4%)	$15,807							21.2	15.9	796	68
080336000384	729	Montclair School of Academics and Enrichment	Public	PK, KG-5	1151 Newport Street	Denver	80220	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-5380	308	23	13.4	81.2%	54 (17.5%)	134 (43.5%)	85 (27.6%)	6 (1.9%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (8.4%)	$19,832							21.2	30.8	602	127
080690001290	730	Cherry Drive Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	11500 Cherry Drive	Thornton	80233	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-5300	359	20	17.7	51.8%	121 (33.7%)	5 (1.4%)	204 (56.8%)	18 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.1%)	$16,217							21.1	21	719	11

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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.