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)
080690001305	201	Cotton Creek Elementary School	Public	K-5	11100 Vrain Street	Westminster	80030	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-5340	473	31	15.2	29.4%	286 (60.5%)	9 (1.9%)	121 (25.6%)	21 (4.4%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.8%)	$17,350							75.9	74	216	15
080540001352	202	Carrie Martin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4129 Joni Lane	Loveland	80537	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-5700	243	16	15.4	30.0%	183 (75.3%)	3 (1.2%)	43 (17.7%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.1%)	$14,985							75.8	64.8	298	96
080480000737	203	Hackberry Hill Elementary School	Public	K-5	7300 West 76th Avenue	Arvada	80003	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-0260	356	21	16.9	30.3%	248 (69.7%)	4 (1.1%)	75 (21.1%)	5 (1.4%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.9%)	$15,294							75.7	86.2	105	98
080345006299	204	Roxborough Intermediate	Public	3-6	7370 Village Circle East	Littleton	80125	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-7600	419	24	17.2	7.9%	325 (77.6%)	3 (0.7%)	53 (12.6%)	9 (2.1%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.2%)	$15,025							75.6	73.3	220	16
080336006482	205	Denver Language School	Public, Charter	K-8	451 Newport Street	Denver	80220	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 557-0852	882	55	16	18.3%	388 (44.0%)	47 (5.3%)	255 (28.9%)	47 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	144 (16.3%)	$11,415							75.5	80	166	39
080531000883	206	Hopkins Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7171 South Pennsylvania Street	Centennial	80122	Arapahoe County	Littleton School District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(303) 347-4550	360	21	17.1	13.9%	274 (76.1%)	6 (1.7%)	51 (14.2%)	9 (2.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.3%)	$15,335							75.5	71.5	236	30
080480000800	207	West Jefferson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	26501 Barkley Road	Conifer	80433	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-2975	269	18	14.6	21.9%	229 (85.1%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.9%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.2%)	$14,232							75.4	75.4	206	1
080480000776	208	Prospect Valley Elementary School	Public	K-5	3400 Pierson Street	Wheat Ridge	80033	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-7535	425	22	19.6	17.2%	338 (79.5%)	1 (0.2%)	64 (15.1%)	8 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (3.1%)	$15,522							75.4	81.1	156	52
080354000851	209	Eagle County Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1105 Miller Ranch Road	Edwards	81632	Eagle County	Eagle County School District No. Re 50	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 926-0656	361	23	16	3.3%	311 (86.1%)	5 (1.4%)	32 (8.9%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.8%)	$13,036							75.2	85.3	116	93
080345001583	210	Pioneer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10881 Riva Ridge Street	Parker	80138	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-8400	440	29	15.4	19.8%	294 (66.8%)	9 (2.0%)	63 (14.3%)	25 (5.7%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	45 (10.2%)	$16,261							75	75	208	2

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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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Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Department of Education.