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)
080690006468	241	STEM Lab	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	11700 Irma Drive	Northglenn	80233	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(720) 972-4000	743	41	18	25.8%	433 (58.3%)	9 (1.2%)	191 (25.7%)	45 (6.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	62 (8.3%)	$14,699							72.4	81.5	152	89
080345006455	242	Skyview Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	6161 Business Center Drive	Highlands Ranch	80124	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 471-8439	1,273	85	14.9		724 (56.9%)	27 (2.1%)	158 (12.4%)	254 (20.0%)	7 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	101 (7.9%)	$10,447							72.1	64.5	300	58
080480001385	243	Stony Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7203 South Everett	Littleton	80128	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-4120	350	22	15.8	36.6%	261 (74.6%)	2 (0.6%)	59 (16.9%)	12 (3.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.0%)	$14,878							72.1	71.9	234	9
080249000100	244	Birch Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1035 Birch	Broomfield	80020	Broomfield County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-8800	337	24	14.3	31.8%	216 (64.1%)	0 (0.0%)	89 (26.4%)	10 (3.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.2%)	$19,846							72.1	61.9	328	84
080291002032	245	Coyote Hills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	24605 E Davies Way	Aurora	80016	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	No	(720) 886-3900	526	32	16.4	19.0%	281 (53.4%)	50 (9.5%)	101 (19.2%)	42 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	50 (9.5%)	$14,789							71.5	73.8	217	28
080480000787	246	Stober Elementary School	Public	K-5	2300 Urban Street	Lakewood	80215	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-7610	234	15	15.4	28.6%	177 (75.6%)	2 (0.9%)	37 (15.8%)	5 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.6%)	$16,295							71.2	80.1	164	82
080648001121	247	Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School	Public	K-5	6910 Defoe Avenue	Colorado Springs	80911	El Paso County	School District No. 3	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 391-3455	519	30	17.3	36.6%	248 (47.8%)	37 (7.1%)	161 (31.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	68 (13.1%)	$11,785							71.1	68.7	265	18
080336001636	248	Odyssey School of Denver	Public, Charter	K-8	6550 East 21st Avenue	Denver	80207	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 316-3944	291	22	13.3	28.2%	170 (58.4%)	24 (8.2%)	58 (19.9%)	4 (1.4%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (11.0%)	$11,848							71	55.9	382	134
080354001722	249	Brush Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	333 Eagle Ranch Road	Eagle	81631	Eagle County	Eagle County School District No. Re 50	No	No	No	No	(970) 328-8930	371	29	12.7	9.7%	310 (83.6%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.2%)	$15,092							71	76	197	52
080435000626	250	Taylor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	689 Brentwood Dr	Palisade	81526	Mesa County	Mesa County Valley School District No. 51	No	No	No	No	(970) 254-4870	321	22	14.7	33.0%	282 (87.9%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.6%)	$14,784							71	56.4	375	125

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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.