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)
080345006337	221	Mammoth Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	9500 Stonegate Parkway	Parker	80134	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-8925	606	41	14.6	25.2%	397 (65.5%)	9 (1.5%)	119 (19.6%)	54 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (4.3%)	$15,082							73.9	66.2	284	63
080690006507	222	Prospect Ridge Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2555 Preble Creek Pkwy	Broomfield	80023	Broomfield County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	Yes	No	No	No	(720) 399-0300	1,457	73	20	8.2%	949 (65.1%)	8 (0.5%)	199 (13.7%)	201 (13.8%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	94 (6.5%)	$11,305							73.8	80.8	157	65
080360001986	223	Benjamin Eaton Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 South Mountain View Drive	Eaton	80615	Weld County	Weld County School District No. Re-2	No	No	No	No	(970) 454-5200	376	25	15.3	28.5%	271 (72.1%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (25.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	$12,430							73.8	87	98	125
080345001476	224	Eagle Ridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	7716 Timberline Road	Lone Tree	80124	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-7075	587	37	16	30.2%	297 (50.6%)	51 (8.7%)	132 (22.5%)	58 (9.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (8.2%)	$15,783							73.7	78.2	177	47
080192000004	225	Edith Wolford Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	13710 Black Forest Road	Colorado Springs	80908	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-4300	371	22	17.2	20.5%	282 (76.0%)	11 (3.0%)	42 (11.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.9%)	$14,251							73.7	68.8	264	39
080345006656	226	Global Village Academy - Douglas County	Public, Charter	K-6	18451 Ponderosa Drive	Parker	80134	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	No	No	No	(720) 476-8044	394	26	15.4	20.1%	159 (40.4%)	10 (2.5%)	149 (37.8%)	28 (7.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (11.7%)	$12,034							73.7	67.6	276	50
080192001644	227	Academy International Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8550 Charity Drive	Colorado Springs	80920	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-4000	398	27	14.5	19.8%	223 (56.0%)	17 (4.3%)	56 (14.1%)	40 (10.1%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	56 (14.1%)	$12,339							73.6	75.9	199	28
080291001330	228	Trails West Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5400 South Waco Street	Centennial	80015	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	No	(720) 886-8500	423	29	14.4	33.6%	252 (59.6%)	18 (4.3%)	85 (20.1%)	14 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (12.8%)	$15,148							73.5	70.2	251	23
080249001227	229	Community Montessori School	Public	PK, KG-6	805 Gillaspie Dr	Boulder	80305	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-3700	277	17	16.5	27.4%	196 (70.8%)	3 (1.1%)	42 (15.2%)	13 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	21 (7.6%)	$20,064							73.5	69.1	261	32
080738006844	230	Merit Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-10	600 E Kelley's Lane	Woodland Park	80863	Teller County	Woodland Park School District No. Re-2	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(720) 480-0939	363	28	13.1	26.4%	315 (86.8%)	3 (0.8%)	17 (4.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	24 (6.6%)	$10,790							73.5			(n/a)

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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.