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)
080480000757	21	Mitchell Elementary School	Public	K-5	200 Rubey Drive	Golden	80403	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-5874	519	29	17.8	7.3%	444 (85.5%)	3 (0.6%)	39 (7.5%)	12 (2.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.7%)	$13,612							96.1	96.3	20	1
080336000331	22	Cory Elementary School	Public	1-5	1550 South Steele Street	Denver	80210	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-8380	400	24	16.6	14.8%	280 (70.0%)	13 (3.3%)	40 (10.0%)	21 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (11.5%)	$16,114							96.1	95.5	25	3
080537000917	23	Niwot Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8778 Morton Road	Longmont	80503	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 652-2828	421	26	16.3	8.3%	365 (86.7%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.8%)	7 (1.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.1%)	$15,435							95.8	94.2	35	12
080336001957	24	Westerly Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8800 East 28th Avenue	Denver	80238	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-3160	680	40	16.8	14.3%	442 (65.0%)	42 (6.2%)	93 (13.7%)	25 (3.7%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (10.9%)	$16,552							95.6	94.2	36	12
080690000728	25	Stargate Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	14530 Washington Street	Thornton	80023	Broomfield County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 450-3936	1,551	78	19.9		821 (52.9%)	14 (0.9%)	175 (11.3%)	407 (26.2%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	130 (8.4%)	$9,836							95.6	95.9	23	2
080345001740	26	Heritage Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3350 Summit View Parkway	Highlands Ranch	80126	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-6725	372	22	16.9	7.5%	262 (70.4%)	4 (1.1%)	61 (16.4%)	22 (5.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.9%)	$15,551							95.4	97.4	14	12
080336000412	27	Steele Elementary School	Public	K-5	320 South Marion Parkway	Denver	80209	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-3720	429	28	15.5	10.3%	321 (74.8%)	7 (1.6%)	65 (15.2%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (6.5%)	$16,306							95	95.2	26	1
080537000911	28	Lyons Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	338 High Street	Lyons	80540	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 823-6915	265	18	14.4	14.7%	232 (87.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.3%)	$17,657							94.9	93.2	44	16
080291000188	29	Cottonwood Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	11200 East Orchard Avenue	Englewood	80111	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	No	(720) 554-3200	544	37	14.6	5.3%	365 (67.1%)	4 (0.7%)	33 (6.1%)	92 (16.9%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	46 (8.5%)	$14,921							94.8	94	38	9
080249001771	30	Eldorado K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	3351 South Indiana Street	Superior	80027	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-4400	612	34	18	11.6%	468 (76.5%)	5 (0.8%)	47 (7.7%)	47 (7.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (7.2%)	$18,831							94.4	94.3	33	3

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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.