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)
080555006672	861	Global Intermediate Academy	Public	4-8	7480 Conifer Road	Denver	80221	Adams County	Mapleton School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 853-1930	354	18	19.9	84.5%	15 (4.2%)	3 (0.8%)	329 (92.9%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$14,687							11.4	9.4	890	29
080336006517	862	University Prep - Arapahoe St.	Public, Charter	K-5	2409 Arapahoe Street	Denver	80205	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(303) 292-0463	285	28	10.1	90.5%	14 (4.9%)	147 (51.6%)	96 (33.7%)	2 (0.7%)	5 (1.8%)	1 (0.4%)	19 (6.7%)	$17,960							11.4	16	792	70
080336000418	863	Traylor Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	2900 South Ivan Way	Denver	80227	Jefferson County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-3480	307	22	14.2	71.7%	56 (18.2%)	11 (3.6%)	221 (72.0%)	11 (3.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.3%)	$19,265							11.2	8.6	900	37
080441000649	864	Scott Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3000 13th Street	Greeley	80634	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 348-2200	536	34	15.6	81.7%	93 (17.4%)	15 (2.8%)	370 (69.0%)	38 (7.1%)	3 (0.6%)	5 (0.9%)	12 (2.2%)	$13,644							11.2	10.1	884	20
080234006322	865	Vanguard Classical School - West	Public, Charter	K-8	801 Yosemite Street	Denver	80230	Denver County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 691-2384	365	27	13.5	87.9%	32 (8.8%)	78 (21.4%)	228 (62.5%)	5 (1.4%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.7%)	$13,696							11.1	11.1	873	8
080690001306	866	Leroy Elementary	Public	K-5	1451 East Leroy Drive	Northglenn	80233	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 972-5460	402	28	14.6	83.1%	84 (20.9%)	9 (2.2%)	264 (65.7%)	19 (4.7%)	4 (1.0%)	2 (0.5%)	19 (4.7%)	$17,250							11.1	15.7	800	66
080441000646	867	James Madison STEAM Academy	Public	PK, KG-6	500 24th Avenue	Greeley	80634	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 348-1700	575	30	19	89.4%	75 (13.0%)	10 (1.7%)	449 (78.1%)	21 (3.7%)	3 (0.5%)	11 (1.9%)	6 (1.0%)	$15,286							10.9	21.8	711	156
080555002007	868	Explore Pk-8	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	10310 York St	Thornton	80229	Adams County	Mapleton School District No. 1	No	Yes	No	Yes	(303) 853-1300	579	29	20	64.2%	135 (23.3%)	4 (0.7%)	386 (66.7%)	31 (5.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (3.6%)	$13,603							10.7	14	829	39
080306000275	869	Wilson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1409 De Reamer Circle	Colorado Springs	80915	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-7800	338	26	13.2	80.8%	60 (17.8%)	20 (5.9%)	231 (68.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.7%)	$18,019							10.7	10	886	17
080291000204	870	Village East Community Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1433 South Oakland Street	Aurora	80012	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 747-2000	719	46	15.6	73.9%	127 (17.7%)	188 (26.1%)	305 (42.4%)	26 (3.6%)	7 (1.0%)	7 (1.0%)	58 (8.1%)	$15,805							10.6	14.5	823	47

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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:

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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.