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)
080426001540	661	Crystal River Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	160 Snowmass Drive	Carbondale	81623	Garfield County	Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 384-5620	447	35	12.8	44.3%	231 (51.7%)	0 (0.0%)	209 (46.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	$18,180							26	25.9	658	3
080291000199	662	Polton Community Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2985 South Oakland Street	Aurora	80014	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 747-2600	451	32	14	64.5%	150 (33.3%)	102 (22.6%)	117 (25.9%)	15 (3.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	64 (14.2%)	$16,729							26	25.5	665	3
080243006885	663	Sky Ranch Academy	Public, Charter	K-7	849 N Carrie Street	Aurora	80018	Arapahoe County	Bennett School District No. 29J	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(303) 644-3234	365	22	16.4	30.1%	120 (32.9%)	73 (20.0%)	112 (30.7%)	13 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	46 (12.6%)								25.9			(n/a)
080234006803	664	Harmony Ridge P-8	Public	PK, KG-8	52 North Robertsdale Street	Aurora	80018	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	No	(303) 326-1013	769	45	17	62.5%	120 (15.6%)	122 (15.9%)	415 (54.0%)	29 (3.8%)	3 (0.4%)	5 (0.7%)	75 (9.8%)	$16,956							25.9	14.6	819	155
080408000566	665	Aragon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	211 South Main Street	Fountain	80817	El Paso County	Fountain School District No. 8	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 382-1340	378	26	14.5	81.0%	169 (44.7%)	33 (8.7%)	122 (32.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	49 (13.0%)	$14,905							25.9	12.3	853	188
080690001196	666	Woodglen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	11717 Madison Street	Thornton	80233	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-5700	393	24	16.7	69.7%	124 (31.6%)	9 (2.3%)	220 (56.0%)	21 (5.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.6%)	$16,503							25.9	27.7	631	35
080480001446	667	Adams Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6450 West 95th Place	Westminster	80021	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-9790	317	18	17.3	44.5%	173 (54.6%)	7 (2.2%)	107 (33.8%)	10 (3.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.7%)	$15,533							25.6	36.7	545	122
080612006711	668	Pueblo School for Arts & Sciences at Fulton Height	Public, Charter	K-8	1331 Santa Rosa Street	Pueblo	81006	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 404-2680	228	13	17.6	77.6%	81 (35.5%)	0 (0.0%)	144 (63.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	$8,101							25.6	21.2	716	48
080291001329	669	Meadow Point Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	17901 East Grand Avenue	Aurora	80015	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 886-8600	392	26	14.8	65.1%	131 (33.4%)	60 (15.3%)	138 (35.2%)	14 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	46 (11.7%)	$17,760							25.6	24.5	679	10
080336000385	670	Dora Moore Ece-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	846 Corona Street	Denver	80218	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-5300	317	21	14.8	60.6%	98 (30.9%)	76 (24.0%)	96 (30.3%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.3%)	2 (0.6%)	38 (12.0%)	$18,318							25.6	23.1	695	25

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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.