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)
080585001398	601	Naturita Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	141 West Main Street	Naturita	81422	Montrose County	West End School District No. Re-2	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 865-2204	162	10	16.9	56.8%	145 (89.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)	$15,252							31.3			(n/a)
080348000449	602	Florida Mesa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	216 Highway 172	Durango	81303	La Plata County	Durango School District No. 9-R	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 247-4250	286	25	11.3	50.3%	170 (59.4%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (29.0%)	2 (0.7%)	19 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.2%)	$16,985							31.2	43.2	490	112
080378000488	603	Cherrelyn Elementary School	Public	K-6	4500 S Lincoln St	Englewood	80113	Arapahoe County	Englewood School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 761-2102	214	18	11.9	65.9%	102 (47.7%)	10 (4.7%)	86 (40.2%)	5 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.1%)	$18,960							31.1	25.4	668	65
080002001913	604	Ross Montessori School	Public, Charter	K-8	109 Lewies Lane	Carbondale	81623	Garfield County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 963-7199	213	10	20.7		126 (59.2%)	2 (0.9%)	75 (35.2%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (2.8%)	$13,710							30.9	40.4	513	91
080345000446	605	Sedalia Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	5449 North Huxtable Street	Sedalia	80135	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 387-5500	217	17	12.7	57.1%	100 (46.1%)	9 (4.1%)	93 (42.9%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.5%)	$21,007							30.9			(n/a)
080306000245	606	Jackson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4340 Edwinstowe Avenue	Colorado Springs	80907	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-5800	346	21	16.5	78.6%	135 (39.0%)	29 (8.4%)	142 (41.0%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (9.8%)	$17,854							30.9	22.6	701	95
080480000699	607	Belmar School of Integrated Arts	Public	K-5	885 South Garrison Street	Lakewood	80226	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-8220	322	20	15.8	53.7%	171 (53.1%)	12 (3.7%)	120 (37.3%)	5 (1.6%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.4%)	$17,067							30.4	37.5	539	68
080291001468	608	Summit Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	18201 East Quincy Ave	Aurora	80013	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 886-6400	329	23	14	52.3%	110 (33.4%)	56 (17.0%)	112 (34.0%)	17 (5.2%)	7 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.2%)	$16,967							30.4	21.8	712	104
080579000999	609	Pomona Elementary School	Public	K-5	1045 South Cascade	Montrose	81401	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 249-2514	328	20	16.4	71.0%	191 (58.2%)	4 (1.2%)	110 (33.5%)	6 (1.8%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.7%)	$13,135							30.3	22.5	703	94
080408000564	610	Mesa Elementary School	Public	K-5	400 Camino Del Rey	Fountain	80817	El Paso County	Fountain School District No. 8	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 382-1370	667	36	18.5	55.0%	280 (42.0%)	54 (8.1%)	220 (33.0%)	6 (0.9%)	8 (1.2%)	14 (2.1%)	85 (12.7%)	$12,675							30.3	28.6	619	9

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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.