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)
080537006594	851	Timberline Pk-8	Public	PK, KG-8	233 East Mountain View Avenue	Longmont	80504	Weld County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 772-3900	791	60	13.1	79.8%	94 (11.9%)	8 (1.0%)	672 (85.0%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.6%)	$17,961							12.1	8.3	903	52
080306000252	852	Twain Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3402 East San Miguel Street	Colorado Springs	80909	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-7700	324	24	13.3	76.9%	132 (40.7%)	21 (6.5%)	135 (41.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.9%)	31 (9.6%)	$18,806							12	12.7	846	6
080522000864	853	Parkview Elementary School	Public	3-5	1105 Parkview	Lamar	81052	Prowers County	Lamar School District No. Re-2	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 336-7413	233	17	13.7	77.3%	78 (33.5%)	3 (1.3%)	144 (61.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.0%)	$11,957							12	24.2	680	173
080513001974	854	La Junta Intermediate School	Public	3-6	901 Smithland Ave.	La Junta	81050	Otero County	East Otero School District No. R1	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 384-9151	407	31	13	79.4%	104 (25.6%)	3 (0.7%)	291 (71.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	6 (1.5%)	$19,158							12	11.9	861	7
080336006555	855	Monarch Montessori	Public, Charter	K-5	4895 N Peoria Street	Denver	80239	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(303) 712-2001	223	16	13.5	64.6%	38 (17.0%)	30 (13.5%)	136 (61.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	16 (7.2%)	$14,241							11.9	17.3	769	86
080669001361	856	Caliche Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	26308 County Road 65	Iliff	80736	Logan County	School District No. Re-1 Valley	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 522-8330	136	7	20.7	46.3%	104 (76.5%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (22.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	$11,167							11.8	28.2	623	233
080723001247	857	Orchard Park Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	7395 Zuni Street	Denver	80221	Adams County	Westminster Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 428-2300	571	32	17.7	87.4%	64 (11.2%)	13 (2.3%)	466 (81.6%)	6 (1.1%)	6 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	14 (2.5%)	$17,000							11.8	12.6	847	10
080291001378	858	Sunrise Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4050 South Genoa Way	Aurora	80013	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 886-2900	494	31	16.1	56.7%	160 (32.4%)	67 (13.6%)	177 (35.8%)	25 (5.1%)	4 (0.8%)	4 (0.8%)	57 (11.5%)	$16,157							11.5	10.7	877	19
080723001249	859	Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School	Public	PK, KG-8	6330 Tennyson Street	Arvada	80003	Jefferson County	Westminster Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 429-4090	371	24	15.4	86.5%	65 (17.5%)	9 (2.4%)	264 (71.2%)	18 (4.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.5%)	$20,176							11.5	12.1	855	4
080336000328	860	College View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2675 South Decatur Street	Denver	80219	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-8660	290	24	12.3	92.8%	10 (3.4%)	18 (6.2%)	244 (84.1%)	7 (2.4%)	3 (1.0%)	3 (1.0%)	5 (1.7%)	$21,390							11.4	7.8	914	54

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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.