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)
080576000985	811	Bill Metz Elementary School	Public	2-5	545 Second	Monte Vista	81144	Rio Grande County	Monte Vista School District No. C-8	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 852-4041	269	27	9.8	70.3%	66 (24.5%)	2 (0.7%)	190 (70.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$14,790							14.8			(n/a)
080309000839	812	Mesa Elementary School	Public	K-5	703 West 7th Street	Cortez	81321	Montezuma County	Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 565-3858	400	20	19.5	80.3%	118 (29.5%)	0 (0.0%)	82 (20.5%)	0 (0.0%)	157 (39.3%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (10.8%)	$14,745							14.7	11.5	868	56
080258000151	813	Southeast Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1595 Southern Street	Brighton	80601	Adams County	School District 27J	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 866-2650	526	31	16.9	65.2%	144 (27.4%)	2 (0.4%)	363 (69.0%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.3%)	$13,162							14.7	16.6	780	33
080537000920	814	Northridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1200 19th Avenue	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 772-3040	304	24	12.6	76.3%	46 (15.1%)	0 (0.0%)	253 (83.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	$17,864							14.6	15.7	798	16
080336006609	815	Highline Academy Northeast	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	19451 East Maxwell Place	Denver	80249	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(720) 485-5172	579	50	11.4	68.9%	69 (11.9%)	198 (34.2%)	178 (30.7%)	69 (11.9%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.2%)	56 (9.7%)	$13,850							14.4	15.4	804	11
080441000636	816	Centennial Elementary School	Public	K-5	1400 37th Street	Evans	80620	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 348-1100	457	32	14.2	86.4%	75 (16.4%)	37 (8.1%)	313 (68.5%)	26 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	$14,925							14.3	14.9	812	4
080537000916	817	Mountain View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1415 14th Street	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 652-8261	343	26	13.3	68.2%	111 (32.4%)	3 (0.9%)	202 (58.9%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (6.1%)	$17,718							14.2	41.4	502	315
080492002025	818	Lochbuie Elementary School	Public	3-5	201 Bonanza Boulevard	Lochbuie	80603	Weld County	Weld County School District Re-3j	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 536-2400	266	20	13.3	54.1%	96 (36.1%)	2 (0.8%)	162 (60.9%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$14,769							14.1	20.3	727	91
080306000258	819	Penrose Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4285 South Nonchalant Circle	Colorado Springs	80917	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-7500	348	23	15.4	61.2%	176 (50.6%)	19 (5.5%)	115 (33.0%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	32 (9.2%)	$15,917							14	16.4	783	36
080612001032	820	Beulah Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2670 Delphinium Street	Pueblo	81005	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 549-7510	307	20	15.6	92.2%	75 (24.4%)	8 (2.6%)	220 (71.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	$15,329							14			(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.