Best Elementary Schools in Colorado

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the CMAS test scores by the Colorado Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, August 29, 2024.

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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)
080399006380	71	Bethke Elementary School	Public	K-5	5100 School House Drive	Timnath	80547	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-4300	525	34	15.3	8.2%	433 (82.5%)	2 (0.4%)	45 (8.6%)	19 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.8%)	$14,251							90.6	89	84	13
080291000208	72	Willow Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7855 South Willow Way	Centennial	80112	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	No	(720) 554-3900	502	29	17.1	13.9%	325 (64.7%)	7 (1.4%)	53 (10.6%)	55 (11.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	60 (12.0%)	$15,491							90.5	87.6	95	23
080336000420	73	Valdez Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2525 West 29th Avenue	Denver	80211	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-3310	412	22	18.4	37.9%	110 (26.7%)	9 (2.2%)	278 (67.5%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.7%)	$18,172							90.5	81.8	148	75
080360000477	74	Galeton Elementary School	Public	K-5	24750 Third Street	Galeton	80615	Weld County	Weld County School District No. Re-2	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 454-3421	121	9	12.9	59.5%	77 (63.6%)	1 (0.8%)	40 (33.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	$15,937							90.4	63.5	312	238
080435001347	75	Wingate Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	351 South Camp Road	Grand Junction	81507	Mesa County	Mesa County Valley School District No. 51	No	No	No	No	(970) 254-4960	392	24	16.2	27.6%	322 (82.1%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (13.3%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	11 (2.8%)	$14,390							90.4	92.6	52	23
080345006159	76	Bear Canyon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	9660 Salford Lane	Highlands Ranch	80126	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-6475	362	23	15.9	14.6%	269 (74.3%)	2 (0.6%)	48 (13.3%)	13 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (8.3%)	$14,664							90.3	93.2	45	31
080690001668	77	Coyote Ridge Elementary School	Public	K-5	13770 Broadlands Drive	Broomfield	80023	Broomfield County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-5780	381	23	16.5	13.9%	274 (71.9%)	5 (1.3%)	56 (14.7%)	19 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.1%)	$17,088							89.9	85.3	115	38
080249000111	78	Douglass Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	840 75th Street	Boulder	80303	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-5541	319	19	17.1	11.0%	262 (82.1%)	4 (1.3%)	22 (6.9%)	9 (2.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.6%)	$18,817							89.8	73.1	221	143
080249000118	79	Heatherwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7750 Concord Drive	Boulder	80301	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-5586	255	17	14.5	14.5%	205 (80.4%)	3 (1.2%)	18 (7.1%)	10 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.5%)	$21,508							89.8	84.3	125	46
080435000624	80	Scenic Elementary School	Public	K-5	451 West Scenic Dr	Grand Junction	81507	Mesa County	Mesa County Valley School District No. 51	No	No	No	No	(970) 254-6370	215	15	14.5	37.7%	183 (85.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (10.2%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.2%)	$13,796							89.7	91.5	62	18

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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.