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)
080291006750	51	Altitude Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	27300 East Southshore Drive	Aurora	80016	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	No	(720) 886-4300	735	42	17.4	6.8%	426 (58.0%)	65 (8.8%)	123 (16.7%)	59 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	59 (8.0%)	$13,320							92.5	95	28	23
080345001963	52	Timber Trail Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	690 West Castle Pines Parkway	Castle Rock	80108	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-5700	369	22	17.1	3.3%	285 (77.2%)	2 (0.5%)	39 (10.6%)	16 (4.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.0%)	$15,557							92.2	91.9	58	6
080336000307	53	Asbury Elementary School	Public	K-5	1320 East Asbury Avenue	Denver	80210	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-9750	271	22	12.2	22.9%	187 (69.0%)	13 (4.8%)	53 (19.6%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.9%)	$18,687							92.1	90.9	65	12
080192001592	54	The Classical Academy Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	975 Stout Road	Colorado Springs	80921	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 484-0081	1,874	123	15.2	6.6%	1,466 (78.2%)	24 (1.3%)	162 (8.6%)	88 (4.7%)	9 (0.5%)	4 (0.2%)	121 (6.5%)	$6,043							91.9	92.7	51	3
080345001874	55	Challenge to Excellence Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	16995 East Carlson Drive	Parker	80134	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 841-9816	538	29	18.3	5.0%	178 (33.1%)	14 (2.6%)	44 (8.2%)	278 (51.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.9%)	$9,612							91.9	93.1	47	8
080345006368	56	Gold Rush Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	12021 South Swift Fox Way	Parker	80134	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-7700	672	37	18	5.1%	514 (76.5%)	5 (0.7%)	91 (13.5%)	34 (5.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.7%)	$14,319							91.8	90.4	72	16
080399000165	57	McGraw Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4800 Hinsdale Drive	Fort Collins	80526	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-8335	395	27	14.8	27.3%	316 (80.0%)	3 (0.8%)	58 (14.7%)	5 (1.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.8%)	$15,308							91.8	90.3	73	16
080002006502	58	Mountain Middle School	Public, Charter	4-8	108 West 31st Street	Durango	81301	La Plata County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 828-5600	301	14	21.3		257 (85.4%)	1 (0.3%)	30 (10.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.7%)	$9,642							91.7	88.5	86	28
080345001900	59	Redstone Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	9970 Glenstone Circle	Highlands Ranch	80130	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-7300	412	26	15.8	3.9%	269 (65.3%)	3 (0.7%)	55 (13.3%)	55 (13.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.0%)	$15,871							91.7	92	57	2
080336006518	60	Swigert International School	Public	PK, KG-5	3480 Syracuse Street	Denver	80238	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-4800	571	33	17.1	15.6%	364 (63.7%)	41 (7.2%)	79 (13.8%)	29 (5.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	55 (9.6%)	$15,892							91.5	91.7	61	1

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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.