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)
080480000749	611	Lawrence Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5611 Zephyr Street	Arvada	80002	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 982-1825	347	22	16.1	64.0%	173 (49.9%)	6 (1.7%)	139 (40.1%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.4%)	3 (0.9%)	19 (5.5%)	$16,284							30.3	41.3	503	108
080441000637	612	Chappelow K-8 Magnet School	Public, Magnet	K-8	2001 34th Street	Evans	80620	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	Yes	No	No	(970) 348-1200	687	39	17.6	68.9%	199 (29.0%)	3 (0.4%)	471 (68.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.5%)	$13,873							30.3	30.1	608	4
080615001855	613	Prairie Winds Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	597 E Earl Drive	Pueblo West	81007	Pueblo County	Pueblo County School District 70	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 647-9732	513	28	18.3	50.3%	270 (52.6%)	8 (1.6%)	191 (37.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (7.8%)	$10,118							30.1	36.9	544	69
080615001718	614	Desert Sage Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	935 South Palomar Drive	Pueblo West	81007	Pueblo County	Pueblo County School District 70	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 647-8878	372	22	16.9	62.4%	161 (43.3%)	5 (1.3%)	186 (50.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.8%)	$11,743							30.1	30.2	606	8
080531000874	615	Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education	Public	PK, KG-5	3306 West Berry Avenue	Littleton	80123	Jefferson County	Littleton School District No. 6	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 347-4425	337	25	13.2	43.9%	177 (52.5%)	2 (0.6%)	121 (35.9%)	6 (1.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (8.6%)	$19,300							29.8	34	569	46
080258001948	616	Belle Creek Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	9290 East 107th Avenue	Henderson	80640	Adams County	School District 27J	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 468-0160	558	9	60.9	58.1%	128 (22.9%)	12 (2.2%)	356 (63.8%)	29 (5.2%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	27 (4.8%)	$10,575							29.6	22.1	707	91
080612001038	617	Columbian Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1202 Bragdon Avenue	Pueblo	81004	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 549-7525	393	26	15.1	93.9%	105 (26.7%)	10 (2.5%)	265 (67.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.8%)	$13,772							29.6	20	732	115
080405000556	618	Columbine Elementary School	Public	1-5	815 West Street	Fort Morgan	80701	Morgan County	School District No. Re-3 Fort Morgan	No	No	No	No	(970) 867-7418	398	25	16.2	60.8%	136 (34.2%)	13 (3.3%)	238 (59.8%)	5 (1.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	$11,298							29.5	22.8	699	81
080612006883	619	Nettie S Freed K-8 Expeditionary School	Public	K-6	715 W 20th Street	Pueblo	81003	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(719) 549-7410	321	23	13.8	75.4%	111 (34.6%)	6 (1.9%)	178 (55.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.8%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (5.0%)								29.4			(n/a)
080480001766	620	Compass Montessori - Golden Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	4441 Salvia Street	Golden	80403	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 271-1977	422	19	22.4		349 (82.7%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (8.5%)	6 (1.4%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.4%)	$11,453							29.3			(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.