Best Elementary Schools in Colorado for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Colorado Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Colorado test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 365)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
080234001674	1	Aurora Quest K-8	Public	K-8	472 South Wheeling St	Aurora	80012	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	No	(303) 343-3664	589	29	20.3	40.9%	227 (38.5%)	128 (21.7%)	117 (19.9%)	56 (9.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	59 (10.0%)	$17,050							99.7%	99.8%	0.06%
080435000624	2	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	267	15	18	25.5%	228 (85.4%)	1 (0.4%)	27 (10.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.7%)	$13,796							99.5%	91.5%	7.94%
080435001980	3	Independence Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	675 29 Rd	Grand Junction	81504	Mesa County	Mesa County Valley School District No. 51	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 254-6850	485	28	17	23.5%	409 (84.3%)	1 (0.2%)	53 (10.9%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.5%)	$9,604							99.2%	66.9%	32.26%
080435001347	4	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	379	24	15.5	16.9%	320 (84.4%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (11.3%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.9%)	$14,390							98.9%	92.0%	6.86%
080480000975	5	Jefferson Academy Elementary	Public, Charter	K-6	9955 Yarrow Street	Broomfield	80021	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 438-1011	733	46	16		559 (76.3%)	13 (1.8%)	79 (10.8%)	40 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (5.7%)	$10,389							98.6%	81.7%	16.98%
080336006332	6	William (Bill) Roberts Ece-8 School	Public	K-8	2100 Akron Way	Denver	80238	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-2640	828	44	18.9	11.7%	580 (70.0%)	52 (6.3%)	106 (12.8%)	26 (3.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (7.6%)	$15,242							98.4%	98.5%	0.16%
080192001592	7	The Classical Academy Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	975 Stout Road	Colorado Springs	80921	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 484-0081	1,874	123	15.2	6.6%	1,466 (78.2%)	24 (1.3%)	162 (8.6%)	88 (4.7%)	9 (0.5%)	4 (0.2%)	121 (6.5%)	$6,043							98.1%	94.3%	3.81%
080345001809	8	Prairie Crossing Elementary School	Public	K-6	11605 South Bradbury Ranch Dr	Parker	80134	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-8200	679	39	17.4	10.2%	480 (70.7%)	14 (2.1%)	92 (13.5%)	46 (6.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (6.8%)	$13,564							97.8%	87.4%	10.43%
080291006676	9	Heritage Heights Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	20050 East Smoky Hill Road	Centennial	80015	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	Yes	No	No	No	(720) 870-9541	457	26	17.7	24.9%	221 (48.4%)	92 (20.1%)	45 (9.8%)	70 (15.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.9%)	$12,154							97.5%	66.4%	31.15%
080192001430	10	Pioneer Elementary School	Public	K-5	3663 Woodland Hills Dr	Colorado Springs	80918	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 234-5000	348	26	13.4	46.6%	174 (50.0%)	13 (3.7%)	103 (29.6%)	9 (2.6%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	45 (12.9%)	$14,926							97.3%	78.8%	18.47%

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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.

Educational resources:

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

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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