Best Elementary Schools in Colorado for Gifted and Talented Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Colorado!

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, Gifted and Talented 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 (Gifted and Talented vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 91)	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 (Gifted and Talented)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Gifted and Talented)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
080531006825	1	Ford Elementary	Public	K-5	7300 South Clermont Drive	Centennial	80122	Arapahoe County	Littleton School District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(720) 360-2100	705	38	18.4	8.4%	571 (81.0%)	8 (1.1%)	61 (8.7%)	10 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	51 (7.2%)	$14,729							98.9%	82.0%	16.93%
080249001243	2	High Peaks Elementary School	Public	K-5	3995 East Aurora Avenue	Boulder	80303	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-6500	266	15	17.4	10.5%	139 (52.3%)	3 (1.1%)	19 (7.1%)	66 (24.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (14.7%)	$17,400							97.8%	99.6%	1.77%
080192001592	3	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							96.7%	94.3%	2.43%
080249000099	4	Bear Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2500 Table Mesa Drive	Boulder	80305	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-3500	342	18	19.3	4.4%	246 (71.9%)	2 (0.6%)	25 (7.3%)	27 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (12.3%)	$18,044							95.6%	99.4%	3.76%
080540000926	4	Berthoud Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	560 Bunyan Avenue	Berthoud	80513	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-7500	509	28	18	18.1%	424 (83.3%)	1 (0.2%)	61 (12.0%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.3%)	$13,065							95.6%	85.9%	9.71%
080336006559	4	Creativity Challenge Community	Public	K-5	1551 S. Monroe St	Denver	80210	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-0630	297	17	17	13.5%	222 (74.7%)	9 (3.0%)	38 (12.8%)	6 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (7.1%)	$15,926							95.6%	96.0%	0.37%
080735001987	4	Grandview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1583 Grand Avenue	Windsor	80550	Weld County	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4	No	No	No	No	(970) 686-8600	779	46	17.1	18.6%	588 (75.5%)	7 (0.9%)	128 (16.4%)	13 (1.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (5.3%)	$11,162							95.6%	74.8%	20.84%
080387001899	4	Springs Ranch Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4350 Centerville Drive	Colorado Springs	80922	El Paso County	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	No	No	No	No	(719) 494-8600	594	36	16.7	34.7%	267 (44.9%)	42 (7.1%)	189 (31.8%)	22 (3.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (12.3%)	$13,503							95.6%	71.2%	24.45%
080336000412	4	Steele Elementary School	Public	K-5	320 South Marion Parkway	Denver	80209	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-3720	429	28	15.5	10.3%	321 (74.8%)	7 (1.6%)	65 (15.2%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (6.5%)	$16,306							95.6%	97.1%	1.53%
080480001549	10	West Woods Elementary School	Public	K-5	16650 West 72nd Avenue	Arvada	80007	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-5649	525	29	18.2	7.0%	438 (83.4%)	2 (0.4%)	44 (8.4%)	16 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.8%)	$15,315							89.0%	96.2%	7.17%

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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.