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)
080336000318	91	Bromwell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2500 East 4th Avenue	Denver	80206	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-9330	313	21	15	15.3%	199 (63.6%)	20 (6.4%)	55 (17.6%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (10.5%)	$16,685							88.6	95	29	62
080249006716	92	Meadowlark School	Public	PK, KG-8	2300 Sweet Meadow Lane	Erie	80516	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-5104	725	40	18.1	9.5%	503 (69.4%)	8 (1.1%)	63 (8.7%)	67 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	84 (11.6%)	$17,093							88.5	82.6	140	48
080399000147	93	Kruse Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4400 McMurry Avenue	Fort Collins	80525	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-5625	458	29	15.8	35.6%	312 (68.1%)	4 (0.9%)	106 (23.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.2%)	$15,095							88.2	87	99	6
080249001792	94	Peak to Peak Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	800 Merlin Drive	Lafayette	80026	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 453-4600	1,450	76	19.1	13.4%	867 (59.8%)	10 (0.7%)	178 (12.3%)	297 (20.5%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.3%)	92 (6.3%)	$12,677							88.1	88.3	88	6
080345001577	95	Buffalo Ridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7075 North Shoreham Drive	Castle Rock	80108	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-5575	499	27	18.8	8.0%	374 (74.9%)	3 (0.6%)	66 (13.2%)	22 (4.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (6.2%)	$13,808							88	87.7	94	1
080294001591	96	Gold Camp Elementary School	Public	K-6	1805 Preserve Drive	Colorado Springs	80906	El Paso County	Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12	No	No	No	No	(719) 327-2820	461	29	15.8	7.6%	355 (77.0%)	3 (0.7%)	53 (11.5%)	11 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	37 (8.0%)	$11,748							88	91.1	64	32
080399000526	97	Dunn Elementary School	Public	K-5	501 South Washington	Fort Collins	80521	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-4825	389	27	14.4	22.6%	305 (78.4%)	15 (3.9%)	25 (6.4%)	21 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.9%)	$16,375							87.9	85.5	113	16
080345000044	98	Summit View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	10200 South Piedmont Drive	Highlands Ranch	80126	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-6800	430	25	17	2.1%	339 (78.8%)	2 (0.5%)	39 (9.1%)	24 (5.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.8%)	$15,225							87.8	94	39	59
080690006740	99	Thunder Vista P-8	Public	PK, KG-8	3461 Preble Creek Parkway	Broomfield	80023	Broomfield County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-2900	794	46	17.4	5.5%	579 (72.9%)	2 (0.3%)	100 (12.6%)	64 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	47 (5.9%)	$14,171							87.8	83.8	132	33
080249006154	100	Fireside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	845 West Dahlia	Louisville	80027	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-7900	435	27	16.2	32.9%	329 (75.6%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (9.7%)	20 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (9.7%)	$19,054							87.8	90.8	68	32

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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.