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)
080258006857	681	Southlawn Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10075 Walden Street	Commerce City	80022	Adams County	School District 27J	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 655-2500	547	25	21.9	54.5%	147 (26.9%)	56 (10.2%)	300 (54.8%)	18 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	17 (3.1%)	$4,706							24.6			(n/a)
080028206752	682	Colorado Preparatory Academy Elementary School	Public, Virtual	K-5	8601 Turnpike Dr. Suite 100	Westminster	80031	Adams County	Education Reenvisioned BOCES	No	No	Yes	No	(720) 381-2047	903	34	26.5		333 (36.9%)	77 (8.5%)	373 (41.3%)	10 (1.1%)	13 (1.4%)	10 (1.1%)	87 (9.6%)	$8,408							24.6			(n/a)
080480000782	683	Slater Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8605 West 23rd Avenue	Lakewood	80215	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 982-7575	240	21	11.6	75.4%	76 (31.7%)	7 (2.9%)	143 (59.6%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.6%)	$19,767							24.5	18.9	755	72
080453001484	684	Otero Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1650 Charmwood Drive	Colorado Springs	80906	El Paso County	Harrison School District No. 2	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 579-2110	338	27	12.7	77.8%	94 (27.8%)	50 (14.8%)	143 (42.3%)	7 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	39 (11.5%)	$15,962							24.5	30.2	607	77
080456000673	685	Haxtun Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	601 North Colorado Avenue	Haxtun	80731	Phillips County	Haxtun School District No. Re-2J	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 774-6161	165	13	12.2	35.8%	153 (92.7%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,502							24.4	38.3	531	154
080480001548	686	Semper Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7575 West 96th Avenue	Westminster	80021	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-6460	313	23	13.9	51.4%	161 (51.4%)	5 (1.6%)	102 (32.6%)	20 (6.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (7.3%)	$16,163							24.4	23.4	694	8
080624006436	687	Graham Mesa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1575 Farmstead Parkway	Rifle	81650	Garfield County	Garfield School District No. Re-2	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 665-7500	427	27	16.1	36.8%	193 (45.2%)	0 (0.0%)	230 (53.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$13,954							24.3	25.7	660	27
080396000515	688	Fremont Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	500 West 5th Street	Florence	81226	Fremont County	Fremont Re-2	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 784-6303	475	27	17.4	61.1%	335 (70.5%)	3 (0.6%)	110 (23.2%)	8 (1.7%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.2%)	$11,509							24.3	26.3	649	39
080336001522	689	Denison Montessori School	Public	PK, KG-6	1821 South Yates Street	Denver	80219	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-8080	349	23	15.4	59.9%	93 (26.6%)	3 (0.9%)	214 (61.3%)	26 (7.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.6%)	$18,525							23.8	27.4	638	51
080441006552	690	Union Colony Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-5	1051 29th Street Rd	Evans	80620	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 673-4997	329	16	20.5	77.5%	82 (24.9%)	17 (5.2%)	201 (61.1%)	18 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	6 (1.8%)	$12,738							23.6	23.1	696	6

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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.