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)
080537000914	161	Mead Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	520 Welker Ave.	Mead	80542	Weld County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(970) 535-4488	873	45	19.5	24.4%	608 (69.6%)	8 (0.9%)	190 (21.8%)	27 (3.1%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.2%)	$13,470							81.2	80.8	158	3
080480006722	162	Three Creeks K-8	Public	K-8	19486 West 94th Avenue	Arvada	80007	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-1140	1,051	58	18	9.5%	834 (79.4%)	9 (0.9%)	114 (10.8%)	39 (3.7%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (4.6%)	$13,817							81	82.2	145	17
080249001758	163	Aspen Creek K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	5500 Aspen Creek Drive	Broomfield	80020	Broomfield County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-8000	770	47	16.2	27.0%	561 (72.9%)	4 (0.5%)	121 (15.7%)	41 (5.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	40 (5.2%)	$18,691							81	79.3	170	7
080399000544	164	Riffenburgh Elementary School	Public	K-5	1320 East Stuart Street	Fort Collins	80525	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-7935	451	29	15.7	31.7%	335 (74.3%)	11 (2.4%)	73 (16.2%)	10 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.4%)	$14,545							80.6	78.5	176	12
080336000323	165	Carson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5420 East 1st Avenue	Denver	80220	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-9090	415	26	15.9	15.7%	291 (70.1%)	28 (6.7%)	56 (13.5%)	6 (1.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.5%)	$15,671							80.5	82.4	143	22
080537001737	166	Fall River Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1400 Deerwood Drive	Longmont	80504	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(720) 652-7920	518	28	18.5	25.5%	340 (65.6%)	1 (0.2%)	129 (24.9%)	23 (4.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.4%)	$14,796							80.3	85.9	108	58
080690002028	167	Silver Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	15101 Fillmore Stre	Thornton	80602	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-3941	542	31	17.4	22.5%	350 (64.6%)	3 (0.6%)	117 (21.6%)	38 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.3%)	$14,898							80.1	84.8	121	46
080249001376	168	Coal Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	801 West Tamarisk Street	Louisville	80027	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-4500	324	19	17.2	13.6%	244 (75.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (10.2%)	14 (4.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (9.6%)	$18,614							80	72.9	225	57
080345001275	169	Fox Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	6585 Collegiate Drive	Highlands Ranch	80130	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-7000	450	29	15.5	14.9%	326 (72.4%)	6 (1.3%)	52 (11.6%)	22 (4.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (9.3%)	$14,528							79.8	80.5	161	8
080531006825	170	Ford Elementary	Public	K-5	7300 South Clermont Drive	Centennial	80122	Arapahoe County	Littleton School District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(720) 360-2100	684	38	17.9	12.7%	549 (80.3%)	9 (1.3%)	67 (9.8%)	9 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	45 (6.6%)	$14,729							79.4	67.6	274	104

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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.