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)
080690001176	911	Federal Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2500 W 96th Avenue	Denver	80221	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 972-5360	414	30	13.6	87.2%	29 (7.0%)	4 (1.0%)	377 (91.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$17,449							8.1			(n/a)
080690001191	912	Thornton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	900 Eppinger Boulevard	Thornton	80229	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 972-5660	391	25	15.6	79.5%	52 (13.3%)	10 (2.6%)	295 (75.4%)	21 (5.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.8%)	$17,156							8.1	8.7	899	13
080234001323	913	Iowa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	16701 East Iowa Ave	Aurora	80017	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	No	(303) 751-3660	481	26	18.5	74.6%	75 (15.6%)	96 (20.0%)	230 (47.8%)	29 (6.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (9.8%)	$16,838							8	8.2	906	7
080690001174	914	Coronado Hills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8300 Downing Drive	Thornton	80229	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 972-5320	443	30	14.7	83.7%	64 (14.4%)	7 (1.6%)	347 (78.3%)	19 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	$17,898							7.9	6	926	12
080306000255	915	Monroe Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	15 South Chelton Road	Colorado Springs	80910	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-7400	360	27	13.4	80.8%	108 (30.0%)	32 (8.9%)	194 (53.9%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (5.8%)	$18,727							7.7	9.6	889	26
080306000226	916	Carver Elementary School	Public	K-5	4740 Artistic Circle	Colorado Springs	80917	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-7100	208	15	13.4	85.1%	60 (28.8%)	28 (13.5%)	93 (44.7%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (2.9%)	19 (9.1%)	$19,335							7.6	19.4	746	170
080612001106	917	Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences	Public, Charter	K-8	1745 Acero	Pueblo	81004	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 549-2737	563	28	19.8	71.4%	134 (23.8%)	13 (2.3%)	389 (69.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.6%)	$9,050							7.5	9.8	887	30
080453000665	918	Giberson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2880 Ferber Drive	Colorado Springs	80916	El Paso County	Harrison School District No. 2	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 579-2165	299	20	14.9	59.5%	74 (24.7%)	53 (17.7%)	152 (50.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (5.7%)	$15,599							7.4	8.2	908	10
080002001915	919	The Pinnacle Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1001 W 84th Ave	Federal Heights	80260	Adams County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	Yes	(303) 450-3985	1,940	115	16.9	73.4%	190 (9.8%)	28 (1.4%)	1,644 (84.7%)	49 (2.5%)	7 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	20 (1.0%)	$11,038							7.1	8.4	901	18
080438000630	920	Bea Underwood Elementary School	Public	2-5	0741 Tamarisk Trail	Parachute	81635	Garfield County	Grand Valley School District No. 16	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 285-5703	369	23	16	61.5%	189 (51.2%)	2 (0.5%)	159 (43.1%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.3%)	$13,231							7.1	6.3	924	4

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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.